#E4E594#E4E594

#E4E594 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.102 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E594
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 148)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 35.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.24, -12.29, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.24, 41.30, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.29% -0.0332 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(90.29% 0.102 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.3602, 74.6719, 38.9813)
Luminance	0.7467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E594 #9594E5

analogous

#E5BE94 #E4E594 #BCE594

triadic

#E4E594 #94E4E5 #E594E4

tetradic

#E4E594 #94E5BE #9594E5 #E594BC

square

#E4E594 #94E5BE #9594E5 #E594BC

split-complementary

#E4E594 #94BCE5 #BE94E5

monochromatic

#CBCD32 #D8D963 #E4E594 #F0F1C5 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E594 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#E4E594 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E594

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E594	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E594	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)

#F1DF8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e594;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.102 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb4',
    500: '#e4e594',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e594;
$custom-light: #ededb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e594",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.741,
    "s": 60.902,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90292,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E594

secondary

#605FBF

accent

#1DC91F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E594

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

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