#E4E495#E4E495

#E4E495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.100 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E495
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 34.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.99, -11.68, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.99, 40.34, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0314 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.1 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.1638, 74.1519, 39.3079)
Luminance	0.7415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E495 #9595E4

analogous

#E4BD95 #E4E495 #BDE495

triadic

#E4E495 #95E4E4 #E495E4

tetradic

#E4E495 #95E4BD #9595E4 #E495BD

square

#E4E495 #95E4BD #9595E4 #E495BD

split-complementary

#E4E495 #95BDE4 #BD95E4

monochromatic

#CBCB34 #D8D864 #E4E495 #F0F0C6 #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#E4E495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E495

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E495	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.100 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecb5',
    500: '#e4e495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e495;
$custom-light: #edecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90102,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E495

secondary

#6060BD

accent

#1EC71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E495

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

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