#E4E998#E4E998

#E4E998 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.103 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E998
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 152)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(64, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 34.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.34, -13.81, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.34, 41.24, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.0373 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.103 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.8018, 77.0398, 41.0508)
Luminance	0.7704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E998 #9D98E9

analogous

#E9C598 #E4E998 #BBE998

triadic

#E4E998 #98E4E9 #E998E4

tetradic

#E4E998 #98E9C5 #9D98E9 #E998BB

square

#E4E998 #98E9C5 #9D98E9 #E998BB

split-complementary

#E4E998 #98BBE9 #C598E9

monochromatic

#CAD333 #D7DE66 #E4E998 #F1F4CA #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#E4E998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E998

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E998	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.103 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0b7',
    500: '#e4e998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e998;
$custom-light: #edf0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.704,
    "s": 64.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91186,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E998

secondary

#6761C4

accent

#19CD24

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E998

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

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