#E4E992#E4E992

#E4E992 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.110 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E992
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 146)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(63, 37%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 37.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.25, -14.50, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.25, 44.18, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.0396 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.11 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.3228, 76.8482, 38.5279)
Luminance	0.7685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E992 #9792E9

analogous

#E9C392 #E4E992 #B9E992

triadic

#E4E992 #92E4E9 #E992E4

tetradic

#E4E992 #92E9C3 #9792E9 #E992B9

square

#E4E992 #92E9C3 #9792E9 #E992B9

split-complementary

#E4E992 #92B9E9 #C392E9

monochromatic

#CBD42C #D7DF5F #E4E992 #F1F3C5 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#E4E992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E992

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E992	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.110 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0b3',
    500: '#e4e992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e992;
$custom-light: #edf0b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.448,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91087,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E992

secondary

#625CC3

accent

#17CE22

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E992

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →