#E4E695#E4E695

#E4E695 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.103 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E695
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 149)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 35.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -12.67, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 41.28, 107.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.52% -0.0342 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(90.52% 0.103 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.7171, 75.2587, 39.4924)
Luminance	0.7526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E695 #9795E6

analogous

#E6C095 #E4E695 #BCE695

triadic

#E4E695 #95E4E6 #E695E4

tetradic

#E4E695 #95E6C0 #9795E6 #E695BC

square

#E4E695 #95E6C0 #9795E6 #E695BC

split-complementary

#E4E695 #95BCE6 #C095E6

monochromatic

#CBCF32 #D7DA63 #E4E695 #F1F2C7 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E695 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#E4E695 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E695

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E695	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E695	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)

#F2DF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e695;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.103 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb5',
    500: '#e4e695',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e695;
$custom-light: #ededb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e695",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.481,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90515,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E695

secondary

#625FC0

accent

#1CCA20

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E695

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

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