#E4E498#E4E498

#E4E498 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.097 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E498
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 152)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(60, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 33.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -11.33, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 38.86, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% -0.0302 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.097 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.4064, 74.2489, 40.5856)
Luminance	0.7425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E498 #9898E4

analogous

#E4BE98 #E4E498 #BEE498

triadic

#E4E498 #98E4E4 #E498E4

tetradic

#E4E498 #98E4BE #9898E4 #E498BE

square

#E4E498 #98E4BE #9898E4 #E498BE

split-complementary

#E4E498 #98BEE4 #BE98E4

monochromatic

#CBCB37 #D7D768 #E4E498 #F1F1C8 #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E4E498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E498

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E498	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.097 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecb7',
    500: '#e4e498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e498;
$custom-light: #edecb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90153,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E498

secondary

#6363BD

accent

#1FC61F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E498

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

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