#E4E895#E4E895

#E4E895 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.105 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E895
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 149)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(63, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 35.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.03, -13.66, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.03, 42.23, 108.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.93% -0.037 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(90.93% 0.105 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.2769, 76.3782, 39.6790)
Luminance	0.7638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E895 #9995E8

analogous

#E8C395 #E4E895 #BAE895

triadic

#E4E895 #95E4E8 #E895E4

tetradic

#E4E895 #95E8C3 #9995E8 #E895BA

square

#E4E895 #95E8C3 #9995E8 #E895BA

split-complementary

#E4E895 #95BAE8 #C395E8

monochromatic

#CAD230 #D7DD63 #E4E895 #F1F3C7 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#E4E895 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E895

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E895	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.105 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefb5',
    500: '#e4e895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e895;
$custom-light: #edefb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.892,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90929,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E895

secondary

#645FC2

accent

#19CC22

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E895

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

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