#E4EC97#E4EC97

#E4EC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.108 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4EC97
RGB	rgb(228, 236, 151)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(66, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.11, -15.41, 40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.11, 43.20, 110.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.0419 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.108 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.5767, 78.7201, 40.9067)
Luminance	0.7872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4EC97 #9F97EC

analogous

#ECC997 #E4EC97 #B9EC97

triadic

#E4EC97 #97E4EC #EC97E4

tetradic

#E4EC97 #97ECC9 #9F97EC #EC97B9

square

#E4EC97 #97ECC9 #9F97EC #EC97B9

split-complementary

#E4EC97 #97B9EC #C997EC

monochromatic

#C9D930 #D7E363 #E4EC97 #F1F5CB #F8FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E4EC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#E4EC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4EC97

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4EC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4EC97	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ec97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 236, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.108 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf2b6',
    500: '#e4ec97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ec97;
$custom-light: #edf2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ec97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.647,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91792,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4EC97

secondary

#6960C8

accent

#14D126

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4EC97

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

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