#E4E796#E4E796

#E4E796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.103 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E796
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 150)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(62, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 35.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.79, -13.05, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.79, 41.27, 108.44°)
OKLab	oklab(90.74% -0.0352 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(90.74% 0.103 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.0764, 75.8489, 40.0077)
Luminance	0.7585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E796 #9996E7

analogous

#E7C296 #E4E796 #BCE796

triadic

#E4E796 #96E4E7 #E796E4

tetradic

#E4E796 #96E7C2 #9996E7 #E796BC

square

#E4E796 #96E7C2 #9996E7 #E796BC

split-complementary

#E4E796 #96BCE7 #C296E7

monochromatic

#CAD032 #D7DC64 #E4E796 #F1F2C8 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#E4E796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E796

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E796	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.103 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeeb6',
    500: '#e4e796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e796;
$custom-light: #edeeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90739,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E796

secondary

#6460C1

accent

#1BCB21

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E796

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

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