#E4E299#E4E299

#E4E299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.093 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E299
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 32.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.54, -10.21, 36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.54, 37.42, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.76% -0.0269 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(89.76% 0.093 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.9416, 73.1878, 40.8364)
Luminance	0.7319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E299 #999BE4

analogous

#E4BD99 #E4E299 #C1E499

triadic

#E4E299 #99E4E2 #E299E4

tetradic

#E4E299 #99E4BD #999BE4 #E499C1

square

#E4E299 #99E4BD #999BE4 #E499C1

split-complementary

#E4E299 #99C1E4 #BD99E4

monochromatic

#CAC638 #D7D469 #E4E299 #F1F0C9 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#E4E299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E299

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E299	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.093 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebb7',
    500: '#e4e299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e299;
$custom-light: #edebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.4,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89759,
    "c": 0.09314,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E299

secondary

#6466BE

accent

#24C620

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E299

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

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