#E4E96E#E4E96E

#E4E96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.146 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E96E
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 110)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.81, -17.96, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.81, 61.01, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.6% -0.0526 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(90.6% 0.146 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.9497, 75.8990, 26.0300)
Luminance	0.7590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E96E #736EE9

analogous

#E9B16E #E4E96E #A7E96E

triadic

#E4E96E #6EE4E9 #E96EE4

tetradic

#E4E96E #6EE9B1 #736EE9 #E96EA7

square

#E4E96E #6EE9B1 #736EE9 #E96EA7

split-complementary

#E4E96E #6EA7E9 #B16EE9

monochromatic

#B9C01D #DAE139 #E4E96E #EEF1A3 #F8F9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#E4E96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E96E

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E96E	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.146 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef9b',
    500: '#e4e96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e96e;
$custom-light: #efef9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.439,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90595,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E96E

secondary

#423DBE

accent

#10D618

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E96E

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

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