#E4E596#E4E596

#E4E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.100 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E596
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -12.06, 38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 40.32, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0324 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.1 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.5198, 74.7358, 39.8222)
Luminance	0.7473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E596 #9796E5

analogous

#E5BF96 #E4E596 #BDE596

triadic

#E4E596 #96E4E5 #E596E4

tetradic

#E4E596 #96E5BF #9796E5 #E596BD

square

#E4E596 #96E5BF #9796E5 #E596BD

split-complementary

#E4E596 #96BDE5 #BF96E5

monochromatic

#CBCD34 #D7D965 #E4E596 #F1F1C7 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#E4E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E596

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E596	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.100 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb5',
    500: '#e4e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e596;
$custom-light: #ededb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.759,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90325,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E596

secondary

#6261BF

accent

#1EC820

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E596

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

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