#E4E597#E4E597

#E4E597 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.099 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E597
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 151)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(61, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 34.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -11.94, 37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 39.82, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.032 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.099 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.6007, 74.7681, 40.2481)
Luminance	0.7477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E597 #9897E5

analogous

#E5BF97 #E4E597 #BDE597

triadic

#E4E597 #97E4E5 #E597E4

tetradic

#E4E597 #97E5BF #9897E5 #E597BD

square

#E4E597 #97E5BF #9897E5 #E597BD

split-complementary

#E4E597 #97BDE5 #BF97E5

monochromatic

#CBCD35 #D7D966 #E4E597 #F1F1C8 #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#E4E597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E597

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E597	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)

#F1DF91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.099 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb6',
    500: '#e4e597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e597;
$custom-light: #ededb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.769,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90342,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E597

secondary

#6362BF

accent

#1EC820

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E597

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

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