#E4E496#E4E496

#E4E496 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.099 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E496
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.01, -11.56, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.01, 39.85, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.031 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.099 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.2439, 74.1840, 39.7302)
Luminance	0.7418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E496 #9696E4

analogous

#E4BD96 #E4E496 #BDE496

triadic

#E4E496 #96E4E4 #E496E4

tetradic

#E4E496 #96E4BD #9696E4 #E496BD

square

#E4E496 #96E4BD #9696E4 #E496BD

split-complementary

#E4E496 #96BDE4 #BD96E4

monochromatic

#CBCB35 #D7D765 #E4E496 #F1F1C7 #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#E4E496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E496

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E496	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.099 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecb5',
    500: '#e4e496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e496;
$custom-light: #edecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90119,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E496

secondary

#6161BD

accent

#1FC71F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E496

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

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