#E4E595#E4E595

#E4E595 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.101 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E595
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 149)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 34.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -12.17, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 40.81, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.31% -0.0328 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(90.31% 0.101 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.4397, 74.7037, 39.3999)
Luminance	0.7470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E595 #9695E5

analogous

#E5BE95 #E4E595 #BCE595

triadic

#E4E595 #95E4E5 #E595E4

tetradic

#E4E595 #95E5BE #9695E5 #E595BC

square

#E4E595 #95E5BE #9695E5 #E595BC

split-complementary

#E4E595 #95BCE5 #BE95E5

monochromatic

#CBCD33 #D7D964 #E4E595 #F1F1C6 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#E4E595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E595

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E595	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.101 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb5',
    500: '#e4e595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e595;
$custom-light: #ededb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.75,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90308,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E595

secondary

#6160BF

accent

#1DC81F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E595

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →