#E4E698#E4E698

#E4E698 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.099 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E698
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 152)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(62, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 33.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.56, -12.32, 37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.56, 39.80, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.033 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.099 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.9597, 75.3557, 40.7701)
Luminance	0.7536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E698 #9A98E6

analogous

#E6C198 #E4E698 #BDE698

triadic

#E4E698 #98E4E6 #E698E4

tetradic

#E4E698 #98E6C1 #9A98E6 #E698BD

square

#E4E698 #98E6C1 #9A98E6 #E698BD

split-complementary

#E4E698 #98BDE6 #C198E6

monochromatic

#CACE36 #D7DA67 #E4E698 #F1F2C9 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#E4E698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E698

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E698	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.099 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb7',
    500: '#e4e698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e698;
$custom-light: #ededb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.538,
    "s": 60.937,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90566,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E698

secondary

#6562C0

accent

#1DC921

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E698

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

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