#E4E497#E4E497

#E4E497 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.098 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E497
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 33.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -11.44, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 39.35, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(90.14% -0.0306 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(90.14% 0.098 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.3248, 74.2163, 40.1561)
Luminance	0.7421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E497 #9797E4

analogous

#E4BE97 #E4E497 #BEE497

triadic

#E4E497 #97E4E4 #E497E4

tetradic

#E4E497 #97E4BE #9797E4 #E497BE

square

#E4E497 #97E4BE #9797E4 #E497BE

split-complementary

#E4E497 #97BEE4 #BE97E4

monochromatic

#CBCB36 #D7D766 #E4E497 #F1F1C8 #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#E4E497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E497

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E497	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)

#F0DE91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.098 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecb6',
    500: '#e4e497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e497;
$custom-light: #edecb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90136,
    "c": 0.09783,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E497

secondary

#6262BD

accent

#1FC61F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E497

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

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