#E4E96B#E4E96B

#E4E96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.149 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E96B
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 107)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 54.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -18.20, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 62.33, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(90.56% -0.0536 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(90.56% 0.149 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.7892, 75.8347, 25.1843)
Luminance	0.7583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E96B #706BE9

analogous

#E9AF6B #E4E96B #A5E96B

triadic

#E4E96B #6BE4E9 #E96BE4

tetradic

#E4E96B #6BE9AF #706BE9 #E96BA5

square

#E4E96B #6BE9AF #706BE9 #E96BA5

split-complementary

#E4E96B #6BA5E9 #AF6BE9

monochromatic

#B7BD1C #DAE136 #E4E96B #EEF1A0 #F7F9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#E4E96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E96B

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E96B	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.149 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef99',
    500: '#e4e96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e96b;
$custom-light: #efef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.381,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90561,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E96B

secondary

#413CBC

accent

#0FD617

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E96B

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

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