#E4E98B#E4E98B

#E4E98B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.117 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E98B
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 139)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(63, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 40.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -15.26, 45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 47.57, 108.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.98% -0.0423 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(90.98% 0.117 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.7948, 76.6370, 35.7475)
Luminance	0.7664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E98B #908BE9

analogous

#E9BF8B #E4E98B #B5E98B

triadic

#E4E98B #8BE4E9 #E98BE4

tetradic

#E4E98B #8BE9BF #908BE9 #E98BB5

square

#E4E98B #8BE9BF #908BE9 #E98BB5

split-complementary

#E4E98B #8BB5E9 #BF8BE9

monochromatic

#C9D228 #D8DF58 #E4E98B #F0F3BE #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#E4E98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E98B

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E98B	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.117 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefae',
    500: '#e4e98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e98b;
$custom-light: #eeefae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.191,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90978,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E98B

secondary

#5B55C3

accent

#15D01F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E98B

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

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