#E4E99C#E4E99C

#E4E99C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.098 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E99C
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 156)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(64, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 33%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.40, -13.34, 36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.40, 39.27, 109.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.26% -0.0357 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(91.26% 0.098 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.1349, 77.1730, 42.8053)
Luminance	0.7717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E99C #A19CE9

analogous

#E9C89C #E4E99C #BEE99C

triadic

#E4E99C #9CE4E9 #E99CE4

tetradic

#E4E99C #9CE9C8 #A19CE9 #E99CBE

square

#E4E99C #9CE9C8 #A19CE9 #E99CBE

split-complementary

#E4E99C #9CBEE9 #C89CE9

monochromatic

#C9D338 #D6DE6A #E4E99C #F2F4CE #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#E4E99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E99C

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E99C	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.098 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0ba',
    500: '#e4e99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e99c;
$custom-light: #edf0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.896,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91255,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E99C

secondary

#6B65C4

accent

#1ACB26

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E99C

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