#E4E598#E4E598

#E4E598 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.098 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E598
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 152)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(61, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 33.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.30, -11.83, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.30, 39.33, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.36% -0.0316 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(90.36% 0.098 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.6823, 74.8007, 40.6776)
Luminance	0.7480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E598 #9998E5

analogous

#E5C098 #E4E598 #BEE598

triadic

#E4E598 #98E4E5 #E598E4

tetradic

#E4E598 #98E5C0 #9998E5 #E598BE

square

#E4E598 #98E5C0 #9998E5 #E598BE

split-complementary

#E4E598 #98BEE5 #C098E5

monochromatic

#CACC36 #D7D967 #E4E598 #F1F1C9 #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#E4E598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E598

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E598	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.098 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb7',
    500: '#e4e598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e598;
$custom-light: #ededb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.779,
    "s": 59.69,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9036,
    "c": 0.09787,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E598

secondary

#6462BF

accent

#1EC720

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E598

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

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