#E4E96C#E4E96C

#E4E96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.148 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E96C
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 108)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.79, -18.12, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.79, 61.89, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0533 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.148 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.8421, 75.8559, 25.4630)
Luminance	0.7585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E96C #716CE9

analogous

#E9B06C #E4E96C #A6E96C

triadic

#E4E96C #6CE4E9 #E96CE4

tetradic

#E4E96C #6CE9B0 #716CE9 #E96CA6

square

#E4E96C #6CE9B0 #716CE9 #E96CA6

split-complementary

#E4E96C #6CA6E9 #B06CE9

monochromatic

#B8BE1C #DAE137 #E4E96C #EEF1A1 #F8F9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#E4E96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E96C

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E96C	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)

#F9E05F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.148 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef9a',
    500: '#e4e96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e96c;
$custom-light: #efef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90572,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E96C

secondary

#413CBD

accent

#0FD617

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E96C

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

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