#E4E699#E4E699

#E4E699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.098 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E699
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(62, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 33.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.57, -12.21, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.57, 39.31, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(90.58% -0.0326 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(90.58% 0.098 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.0420, 75.3886, 41.2032)
Luminance	0.7539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E699 #9B99E6

analogous

#E6C199 #E4E699 #BEE699

triadic

#E4E699 #99E4E6 #E699E4

tetradic

#E4E699 #99E6C1 #9B99E6 #E699BE

square

#E4E699 #99E6C1 #9B99E6 #E699BE

split-complementary

#E4E699 #99BEE6 #C199E6

monochromatic

#CACE37 #D7DA68 #E4E699 #F1F2CA #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#E4E699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E699

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E699	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.098 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb8',
    500: '#e4e699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e699;
$custom-light: #ededb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.558,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90583,
    "c": 0.09794,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E699

secondary

#6663C0

accent

#1DC822

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E699

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

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