#E4E694#E4E694

#E4E694 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.104 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E694
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 148)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 35.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -12.79, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 41.77, 107.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0346 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.104 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.6377, 75.2269, 39.0737)
Luminance	0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E694 #9694E6

analogous

#E6BF94 #E4E694 #BBE694

triadic

#E4E694 #94E4E6 #E694E4

tetradic

#E4E694 #94E6BF #9694E6 #E694BB

square

#E4E694 #94E6BF #9694E6 #E694BB

split-complementary

#E4E694 #94BBE6 #BF94E6

monochromatic

#CBCF31 #D7DA62 #E4E694 #F1F2C6 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E694 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#E4E694 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E694

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E694	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E694	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e694;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.104 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb4',
    500: '#e4e694',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e694;
$custom-light: #ededb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e694",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.463,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90498,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E694

secondary

#615EC0

accent

#1CCA20

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E694

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

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