#E4E99A#E4E99A

#E4E99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.100 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E99A
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 154)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(64, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 33.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.37, -13.58, 37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.37, 40.26, 109.71°)
OKLab	oklab(91.22% -0.0365 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(91.22% 0.1 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.9670, 77.1059, 41.9207)
Luminance	0.7711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E99A #9F9AE9

analogous

#E9C69A #E4E99A #BCE99A

triadic

#E4E99A #9AE4E9 #E99AE4

tetradic

#E4E99A #9AE9C6 #9F9AE9 #E99ABC

square

#E4E99A #9AE9C6 #9F9AE9 #E99ABC

split-complementary

#E4E99A #9ABCE9 #C69AE9

monochromatic

#C9D335 #D7DE68 #E4E99A #F1F4CC #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#E4E99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E99A

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E99A	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.100 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0b8',
    500: '#e4e99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e99a;
$custom-light: #edf0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.797,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9122,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E99A

secondary

#6963C4

accent

#19CC25

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E99A

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

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