#E4E696#E4E696

#E4E696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.101 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E696
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 150)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(62, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 34.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.53, -12.56, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.53, 40.79, 107.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0338 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.101 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.7973, 75.2907, 39.9147)
Luminance	0.7529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E696 #9896E6

analogous

#E6C096 #E4E696 #BCE696

triadic

#E4E696 #96E4E6 #E696E4

tetradic

#E4E696 #96E6C0 #9896E6 #E696BC

square

#E4E696 #96E6C0 #9896E6 #E696BC

split-complementary

#E4E696 #96BCE6 #C096E6

monochromatic

#CBCE33 #D7DA65 #E4E696 #F1F2C7 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#E4E696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E696

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E696	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.101 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb5',
    500: '#e4e696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e696;
$custom-light: #ededb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90532,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E696

secondary

#6360C0

accent

#1CC921

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E696

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

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