#E4E494#E4E494

#E4E494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.101 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E494
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 148)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -11.79, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 40.84, 106.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0317 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.101 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.0843, 74.1201, 38.8893)
Luminance	0.7412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E494 #9494E4

analogous

#E4BC94 #E4E494 #BCE494

triadic

#E4E494 #94E4E4 #E494E4

tetradic

#E4E494 #94E4BC #9494E4 #E494BC

square

#E4E494 #94E4BC #9494E4 #E494BC

split-complementary

#E4E494 #94BCE4 #BC94E4

monochromatic

#CACA33 #D8D863 #E4E494 #F0F0C5 #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#E4E494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E494

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E494	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.101 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecb4',
    500: '#e4e494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e494;
$custom-light: #edecb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.701,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90085,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E494

secondary

#5F5FBD

accent

#1EC71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E494

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

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