#E4E98A#E4E98A

#E4E98A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.118 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E98A
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 138)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(63, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 40.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.14, -15.36, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.14, 48.05, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.0427 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.118 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.7221, 76.6079, 35.3645)
Luminance	0.7661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E98A #8F8AE9

analogous

#E9BE8A #E4E98A #B4E98A

triadic

#E4E98A #8AE4E9 #E98AE4

tetradic

#E4E98A #8AE9BE #8F8AE9 #E98AB4

square

#E4E98A #8AE9BE #8F8AE9 #E98AB4

split-complementary

#E4E98A #8AB4E9 #BE8AE9

monochromatic

#C8D127 #D8DF56 #E4E98A #F0F3BE #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#E4E98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E98A

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E98A	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.118 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefad',
    500: '#e4e98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e98a;
$custom-light: #eeefad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90963,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E98A

secondary

#5A54C3

accent

#15D01F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E98A

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

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