#E4D899#E4D899

#E4D899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.082 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D899
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 32.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -5.15, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 33.01, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0124 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.082 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.3013, 67.9072, 39.9563)
Luminance	0.6791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D899 #99A5E4

analogous

#E4B399 #E4D899 #CBE499

triadic

#E4D899 #99E4D8 #D899E4

tetradic

#E4D899 #99E4B3 #99A5E4 #E499CB

square

#E4D899 #99E4B3 #99A5E4 #E499CB

split-complementary

#E4D899 #99CBE4 #B399E4

monochromatic

#CAB338 #D7C569 #E4D899 #F1EBC9 #F9F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E4D899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#E4D899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D899

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D899	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFCFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.082 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede3b7',
    500: '#e4d899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d899;
$custom-light: #ede3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87718,
    "c": 0.08214,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D899

secondary

#6472BE

accent

#3AC620

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D899

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

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