#E4E593#E4E593

#E4E593 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.104 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E593
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 147)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 35.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.22, -12.40, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.22, 41.80, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0336 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.104 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.2814, 74.6404, 38.5662)
Luminance	0.7464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E593 #9493E5

analogous

#E5BD93 #E4E593 #BBE593

triadic

#E4E593 #93E4E5 #E593E4

tetradic

#E4E593 #93E5BD #9493E5 #E593BB

square

#E4E593 #93E5BD #9493E5 #E593BB

split-complementary

#E4E593 #93BBE5 #BD93E5

monochromatic

#CACC31 #D8D962 #E4E593 #F0F1C4 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#E4E593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E593

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E593	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.104 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb3',
    500: '#e4e593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e593;
$custom-light: #ededb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.732,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90275,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E593

secondary

#5F5EBE

accent

#1DC91F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E593

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

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