#E4E997#E4E997

#E4E997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.104 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E997
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(64, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 35.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.32, -13.93, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.32, 41.73, 109.50°)
OKLab	oklab(91.17% -0.0377 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(91.17% 0.104 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.7202, 77.0072, 40.6212)
Luminance	0.7701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E997 #9C97E9

analogous

#E9C597 #E4E997 #BBE997

triadic

#E4E997 #97E4E9 #E997E4

tetradic

#E4E997 #97E9C5 #9C97E9 #E997BB

square

#E4E997 #97E9C5 #9C97E9 #E997BB

split-complementary

#E4E997 #97BBE9 #C597E9

monochromatic

#CAD432 #D7DE64 #E4E997 #F1F4CA #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#E4E997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E997

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E997	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.104 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0b6',
    500: '#e4e997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e997;
$custom-light: #edf0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.659,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91169,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E997

secondary

#6760C4

accent

#19CD24

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E997

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

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