#E4E599#E4E599

#E4E599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.097 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E599
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(61, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.31, -11.71, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.31, 38.83, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(90.38% -0.0312 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(90.38% 0.097 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.7645, 74.8336, 41.1107)
Luminance	0.7483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E599 #9A99E5

analogous

#E5C099 #E4E599 #BEE599

triadic

#E4E599 #99E4E5 #E599E4

tetradic

#E4E599 #99E5C0 #9A99E5 #E599BE

square

#E4E599 #99E5C0 #9A99E5 #E599BE

split-complementary

#E4E599 #99BEE5 #C099E5

monochromatic

#CACC37 #D7D968 #E4E599 #F1F1CA #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#E4E599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E599

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E599	1.00	1.32	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.097 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb8',
    500: '#e4e599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e599;
$custom-light: #ededb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.789,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90377,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E599

secondary

#6563BF

accent

#1EC721

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E599

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

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