#E4E897#E4E897

#E4E897 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.103 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E897
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 151)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(63, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 34.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.06, -13.43, 39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.06, 41.25, 109.00°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.0363 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.103 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.4379, 76.4426, 40.5272)
Luminance	0.7644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E897 #9B97E8

analogous

#E8C397 #E4E897 #BBE897

triadic

#E4E897 #97E4E8 #E897E4

tetradic

#E4E897 #97E8C3 #9B97E8 #E897BB

square

#E4E897 #97E8C3 #9B97E8 #E897BB

split-complementary

#E4E897 #97BBE8 #C397E8

monochromatic

#CAD233 #D7DD65 #E4E897 #F1F3C9 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#E4E897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E897

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E897	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.103 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefb6',
    500: '#e4e897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e897;
$custom-light: #edefb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.963,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90962,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E897

secondary

#6661C2

accent

#1ACC23

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E897

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

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