#E4E96A#E4E96A

#E4E96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.150 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E96A
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 106)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, -18.27, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 62.77, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.55% -0.0539 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(90.55% 0.15 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.7369, 75.8138, 24.9089)
Luminance	0.7581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E96A #6F6AE9

analogous

#E9AF6A #E4E96A #A5E96A

triadic

#E4E96A #6AE4E9 #E96AE4

tetradic

#E4E96A #6AE9AF #6F6AE9 #E96AA5

square

#E4E96A #6AE9AF #6F6AE9 #E96AA5

split-complementary

#E4E96A #6AA5E9 #AF6AE9

monochromatic

#B6BD1C #DAE135 #E4E96A #EEF19F #F7F9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#E4E96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E96A

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E96A	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.150 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef98',
    500: '#e4e96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e96a;
$custom-light: #efef98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.362,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9055,
    "c": 0.14975,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E96A

secondary

#403BBC

accent

#0FD617

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E96A

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

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