#E4E994#E4E994

#E4E994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.107 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E994
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 148)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(64, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 36.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.28, -14.27, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.28, 43.20, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0388 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.107 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.4797, 76.9109, 39.3544)
Luminance	0.7691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E994 #9994E9

analogous

#E9C394 #E4E994 #BAE994

triadic

#E4E994 #94E4E9 #E994E4

tetradic

#E4E994 #94E9C3 #9994E9 #E994BA

square

#E4E994 #94E9C3 #9994E9 #E994BA

split-complementary

#E4E994 #94BAE9 #C394E9

monochromatic

#CAD42E #D7DF61 #E4E994 #F1F3C7 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#E4E994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E994

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E994	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)

#F5E28E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.107 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0b4',
    500: '#e4e994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e994;
$custom-light: #edf0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9112,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E994

secondary

#645EC4

accent

#18CE22

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E994

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

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