#E4E896#E4E896

#E4E896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.104 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E896
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 150)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(63, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 35.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.05, -13.55, 39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.05, 41.74, 108.94°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% -0.0367 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.104 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.3571, 76.4103, 40.1013)
Luminance	0.7641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E896 #9A96E8

analogous

#E8C396 #E4E896 #BBE896

triadic

#E4E896 #96E4E8 #E896E4

tetradic

#E4E896 #96E8C3 #9A96E8 #E896BB

square

#E4E896 #96E8C3 #9A96E8 #E896BB

split-complementary

#E4E896 #96BBE8 #C396E8

monochromatic

#CAD232 #D7DD64 #E4E896 #F1F3C8 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#E4E896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E896

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E896	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)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.104 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefb6',
    500: '#e4e896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e896;
$custom-light: #edefb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.927,
    "s": 64.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90946,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E896

secondary

#6560C2

accent

#1ACC22

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E896

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

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