#E4E798#E4E798

#E4E798 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.100 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E798
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 152)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(62, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 34.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.82, -12.82, 38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.82, 40.28, 108.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0345 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.1 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.2388, 75.9139, 40.8631)
Luminance	0.7591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E798 #9B98E7

analogous

#E7C298 #E4E798 #BDE798

triadic

#E4E798 #98E4E7 #E798E4

tetradic

#E4E798 #98E7C2 #9B98E7 #E798BD

square

#E4E798 #98E7C2 #9B98E7 #E798BD

split-complementary

#E4E798 #98BDE7 #C298E7

monochromatic

#CAD035 #D7DB66 #E4E798 #F1F3CA #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#E4E798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E798

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E798	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.100 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeeb7',
    500: '#e4e798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e798;
$custom-light: #edeeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.278,
    "s": 62.205,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90772,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E798

secondary

#6662C1

accent

#1CCA22

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E798

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

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