#E4E199#E4E199

#E4E199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.092 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E199
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 32.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -9.71, 35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 36.96, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.55% -0.0255 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(89.55% 0.092 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.6705, 72.6456, 40.7461)
Luminance	0.7264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E199 #999CE4

analogous

#E4BC99 #E4E199 #C2E499

triadic

#E4E199 #99E4E1 #E199E4

tetradic

#E4E199 #99E4BC #999CE4 #E499C2

square

#E4E199 #99E4BC #999CE4 #E499C2

split-complementary

#E4E199 #99C2E4 #BC99E4

monochromatic

#CAC538 #D7D369 #E4E199 #F1EFC9 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E4E199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E199

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E199	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.092 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeab7',
    500: '#e4e199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e199;
$custom-light: #edeab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89554,
    "c": 0.09198,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E199

secondary

#6467BE

accent

#26C620

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E199

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

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