#E4E799#E4E799

#E4E799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.099 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E799
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(62, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 33.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -12.70, 37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 39.79, 108.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0341 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.099 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.3211, 75.9468, 41.2963)
Luminance	0.7595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E799 #9C99E7

analogous

#E7C399 #E4E799 #BDE799

triadic

#E4E799 #99E4E7 #E799E4

tetradic

#E4E799 #99E7C3 #9C99E7 #E799BD

square

#E4E799 #99E7C3 #9C99E7 #E799BD

split-complementary

#E4E799 #99BDE7 #C399E7

monochromatic

#CAD036 #D7DB67 #E4E799 #F1F3CB #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#E4E799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E799

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E799	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.099 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeeb8',
    500: '#e4e799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e799;
$custom-light: #edeeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9079,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E799

secondary

#6763C1

accent

#1CCA23

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E799

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

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