#E4E996#E4E996

#E4E996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.105 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E996
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 150)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(64, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 35.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.31, -14.04, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.31, 42.22, 109.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.15% -0.0381 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(91.15% 0.105 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.6394, 76.9748, 40.1954)
Luminance	0.7697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E996 #9B96E9

analogous

#E9C496 #E4E996 #BBE996

triadic

#E4E996 #96E4E9 #E996E4

tetradic

#E4E996 #96E9C4 #9B96E9 #E996BB

square

#E4E996 #96E9C4 #9B96E9 #E996BB

split-complementary

#E4E996 #96BBE9 #C496E9

monochromatic

#CAD431 #D7DE63 #E4E996 #F1F4C9 #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#E4E996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E996

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E996	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)

#F5E290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.105 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0b6',
    500: '#e4e996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e996;
$custom-light: #edf0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.614,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91153,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E996

secondary

#6660C4

accent

#18CD23

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E996

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

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