#E4E693#E4E693

#E4E693 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.105 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E693
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 147)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 36.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.48, -12.90, 40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.48, 42.27, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.035 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.105 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.5588, 75.1953, 38.6587)
Luminance	0.7519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E693 #9593E6

analogous

#E6BF93 #E4E693 #BBE693

triadic

#E4E693 #93E4E6 #E693E4

tetradic

#E4E693 #93E6BF #9593E6 #E693BB

square

#E4E693 #93E6BF #9593E6 #E693BB

split-complementary

#E4E693 #93BBE6 #BF93E6

monochromatic

#CBCF30 #D8DA61 #E4E693 #F0F2C5 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E693 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#E4E693 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E693

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E693	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E693	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e693;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.105 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb3',
    500: '#e4e693',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e693;
$custom-light: #ededb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e693",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.446,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90482,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E693

secondary

#605EC0

accent

#1BCA20

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E693

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

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