#E4E98E#E4E98E

#E4E98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.114 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E98E
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 142)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(63, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 39.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.20, -14.94, 43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.20, 46.12, 108.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.0412 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.114 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.0170, 76.7259, 36.9178)
Luminance	0.7672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E98E #938EE9

analogous

#E9C08E #E4E98E #B6E98E

triadic

#E4E98E #8EE4E9 #E98EE4

tetradic

#E4E98E #8EE9C0 #938EE9 #E98EB6

square

#E4E98E #8EE9C0 #938EE9 #E98EB6

split-complementary

#E4E98E #8EB6E9 #C08EE9

monochromatic

#CAD329 #D8DF5B #E4E98E #F0F3C1 #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#E4E98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E98E

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E98E	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.114 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eef0b0',
    500: '#e4e98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e98e;
$custom-light: #eef0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.297,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91024,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E98E

secondary

#5E58C3

accent

#16CF20

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E98E

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

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