#E4E795#E4E795

#E4E795 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.104 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E795
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 149)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(62, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 35.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, -13.17, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 41.76, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(90.72% -0.0356 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(90.72% 0.104 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.9962, 75.8168, 39.5854)
Luminance	0.7582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E795 #9895E7

analogous

#E7C195 #E4E795 #BBE795

triadic

#E4E795 #95E4E7 #E795E4

tetradic

#E4E795 #95E7C1 #9895E7 #E795BB

square

#E4E795 #95E7C1 #9895E7 #E795BB

split-complementary

#E4E795 #95BBE7 #C195E7

monochromatic

#CBD031 #D7DC63 #E4E795 #F1F2C7 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#E4E795 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E795

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E795	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)

#F3E08F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.104 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeeb5',
    500: '#e4e795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e795;
$custom-light: #edeeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.195,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90722,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E795

secondary

#635FC1

accent

#1BCB21

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E795

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

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