#E4E697#E4E697

#E4E697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.100 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E697
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(62, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 34.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.54, -12.44, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.54, 40.30, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(90.55% -0.0334 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(90.55% 0.1 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.8782, 75.3231, 40.3406)
Luminance	0.7532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E697 #9997E6

analogous

#E6C197 #E4E697 #BDE697

triadic

#E4E697 #97E4E6 #E697E4

tetradic

#E4E697 #97E6C1 #9997E6 #E697BD

square

#E4E697 #97E6C1 #9997E6 #E697BD

split-complementary

#E4E697 #97BDE6 #C197E6

monochromatic

#CACE34 #D7DA66 #E4E697 #F1F2C8 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#E4E697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E697

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E697	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)

#F2E091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.100 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb6',
    500: '#e4e697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e697;
$custom-light: #ededb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.519,
    "s": 61.24,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90549,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E697

secondary

#6461C0

accent

#1DC921

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E697

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

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