#E4E399#E4E399

#E4E399 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.094 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E399
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 32.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -10.71, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 37.89, 106.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0284 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.094 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.2143, 73.7332, 40.9273)
Luminance	0.7373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E399 #999AE4

analogous

#E4BE99 #E4E399 #C0E499

triadic

#E4E399 #99E4E3 #E399E4

tetradic

#E4E399 #99E4BE #999AE4 #E499C0

square

#E4E399 #99E4BE #999AE4 #E499C0

split-complementary

#E4E399 #99C0E4 #BE99E4

monochromatic

#CAC838 #D7D669 #E4E399 #F1F0C9 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#E4E399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E399

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E399	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.094 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebb7',
    500: '#e4e399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e399;
$custom-light: #edebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89965,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E399

secondary

#6465BE

accent

#22C620

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E399

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

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