#E4E995#E4E995

#E4E995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.106 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E995
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 149)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(64, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 36.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -14.16, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 42.71, 109.36°)
OKLab	oklab(91.14% -0.0385 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(91.14% 0.106 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.5592, 76.9427, 39.7731)
Luminance	0.7694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E995 #9A95E9

analogous

#E9C495 #E4E995 #BAE995

triadic

#E4E995 #95E4E9 #E995E4

tetradic

#E4E995 #95E9C4 #9A95E9 #E995BA

square

#E4E995 #95E9C4 #9A95E9 #E995BA

split-complementary

#E4E995 #95BAE9 #C495E9

monochromatic

#CAD430 #D7DE62 #E4E995 #F1F4C8 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#E4E995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E995

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E995	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.106 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0b5',
    500: '#e4e995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e995;
$custom-light: #edf0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.571,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91136,
    "c": 0.10619,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E995

secondary

#655FC4

accent

#18CD23

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E995

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

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