#E4E899#E4E899

#E4E899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.100 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E899
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(63, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.09, -13.20, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.09, 40.27, 109.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91% -0.0355 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(91% 0.1 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.6017, 76.5081, 41.3898)
Luminance	0.7651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E899 #9D99E8

analogous

#E8C499 #E4E899 #BCE899

triadic

#E4E899 #99E4E8 #E899E4

tetradic

#E4E899 #99E8C4 #9D99E8 #E899BC

square

#E4E899 #99E8C4 #9D99E8 #E899BC

split-complementary

#E4E899 #99BCE8 #C499E8

monochromatic

#CAD135 #D7DD67 #E4E899 #F1F3CB #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#E4E899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E899

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E899	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E49C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.100 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefb8',
    500: '#e4e899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e899;
$custom-light: #edefb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.038,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90996,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E899

secondary

#6763C3

accent

#1BCB23

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E899

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

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