#E4E499#E4E499

#E4E499 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.096 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E499
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(60, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 32.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -11.21, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 38.36, 106.99°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0298 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.096 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.4886, 74.2818, 41.0188)
Luminance	0.7428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E499 #9999E4

analogous

#E4BF99 #E4E499 #BFE499

triadic

#E4E499 #99E4E4 #E499E4

tetradic

#E4E499 #99E4BF #9999E4 #E499BF

square

#E4E499 #99E4BF #9999E4 #E499BF

split-complementary

#E4E499 #99BFE4 #BF99E4

monochromatic

#CACA38 #D7D769 #E4E499 #F1F1C9 #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E4E499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E499

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E499	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.096 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecb8',
    500: '#e4e499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e499;
$custom-light: #edecb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90171,
    "c": 0.09552,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E499

secondary

#6464BE

accent

#20C620

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E499

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

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