#E4E794#E4E794

#E4E794 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.105 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E794
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 148)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(62, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 35.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.76, -13.28, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.76, 42.25, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.71% -0.036 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(90.71% 0.105 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.9167, 75.7850, 39.1668)
Luminance	0.7578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E794 #9794E7

analogous

#E7C194 #E4E794 #BBE794

triadic

#E4E794 #94E4E7 #E794E4

tetradic

#E4E794 #94E7C1 #9794E7 #E794BB

square

#E4E794 #94E7C1 #9794E7 #E794BB

split-complementary

#E4E794 #94BBE7 #C194E7

monochromatic

#CBD130 #D7DC62 #E4E794 #F1F2C6 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E794 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#E4E794 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E794

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E794	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E794	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E08E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e794;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.105 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeeb4',
    500: '#e4e794',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e794;
$custom-light: #edeeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e794",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.169,
    "s": 63.359,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90705,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E794

secondary

#625EC1

accent

#1ACB21

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E794

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

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