#E4E993#E4E993

#E4E993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.108 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E993
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 147)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(63, 37%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 36.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -14.39, 41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 43.69, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.1% -0.0392 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(91.1% 0.108 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.4009, 76.8794, 38.9394)
Luminance	0.7688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E993 #9893E9

analogous

#E9C393 #E4E993 #B9E993

triadic

#E4E993 #93E4E9 #E993E4

tetradic

#E4E993 #93E9C3 #9893E9 #E993B9

square

#E4E993 #93E9C3 #9893E9 #E993B9

split-complementary

#E4E993 #93B9E9 #C393E9

monochromatic

#CBD42D #D7DF60 #E4E993 #F1F3C6 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#E4E993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E993

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E993	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E28D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.108 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0b4',
    500: '#e4e993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e993;
$custom-light: #edf0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.488,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91103,
    "c": 0.10844,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E993

secondary

#635DC3

accent

#17CE22

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E993

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

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