#E4E398#E4E398

#E4E398 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.095 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E398
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 152)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 33.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.78, -10.83, 36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.78, 38.39, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.0287 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.095 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.1321, 73.7003, 40.4942)
Luminance	0.7370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E398 #9899E4

analogous

#E4BD98 #E4E398 #BFE498

triadic

#E4E398 #98E4E3 #E398E4

tetradic

#E4E398 #98E4BD #9899E4 #E498BF

square

#E4E398 #98E4BD #9899E4 #E498BF

split-complementary

#E4E398 #98BFE4 #BD98E4

monochromatic

#CBC937 #D7D668 #E4E398 #F1F0C8 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#E4E398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E398

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E398	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.095 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebb7',
    500: '#e4e398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e398;
$custom-light: #edebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.211,
    "s": 58.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89948,
    "c": 0.09549,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E398

secondary

#6364BD

accent

#22C61F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E398

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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