#E4E98C#E4E98C

#E4E98C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.116 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E98C
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 140)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(63, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 39.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.17, -15.15, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.17, 47.08, 108.77°)
OKLab	oklab(90.99% -0.0419 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(90.99% 0.116 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.8682, 76.6664, 36.1341)
Luminance	0.7667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E98C #918CE9

analogous

#E9BF8C #E4E98C #B5E98C

triadic

#E4E98C #8CE4E9 #E98CE4

tetradic

#E4E98C #8CE9BF #918CE9 #E98CB5

square

#E4E98C #8CE9BF #918CE9 #E98CB5

split-complementary

#E4E98C #8CB5E9 #BF8CE9

monochromatic

#C9D228 #D8DF59 #E4E98C #F0F3BF #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#E4E98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E98C

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E98C	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)

#F6E185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.116 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eef0af',
    500: '#e4e98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e98c;
$custom-light: #eef0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.226,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90993,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E98C

secondary

#5C56C3

accent

#16D020

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E98C

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

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