#E4E97E#E4E97E

#E4E97E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.131 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E97E
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 126)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 45.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -16.56, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 53.73, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0471 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.131 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.9008, 76.2794, 31.0391)
Luminance	0.7628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E97E #837EE9

analogous

#E9B97E #E4E97E #AEE97E

triadic

#E4E97E #7EE4E9 #E97EE4

tetradic

#E4E97E #7EE9B9 #837EE9 #E97EAE

square

#E4E97E #7EE9B9 #837EE9 #E97EAE

split-complementary

#E4E97E #7EAEE9 #B97EE9

monochromatic

#C2CA22 #D9E04A #E4E97E #EFF2B2 #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#E4E97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E97E

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E97E	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.131 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefa5',
    500: '#e4e97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e97e;
$custom-light: #eeefa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.804,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90793,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E97E

secondary

#4F49C2

accent

#13D31C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E97E

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

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