#E4E99D#E4E99D

#E4E99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.097 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E99D
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 157)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(64, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 32.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.42, -13.22, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.42, 38.78, 109.93°)
OKLab	oklab(91.27% -0.0353 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(91.27% 0.097 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.2199, 77.2070, 43.2531)
Luminance	0.7721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E99D #A29DE9

analogous

#E9C89D #E4E99D #BEE99D

triadic

#E4E99D #9DE4E9 #E99DE4

tetradic

#E4E99D #9DE9C8 #A29DE9 #E99DBE

square

#E4E99D #9DE9C8 #A29DE9 #E99DBE

split-complementary

#E4E99D #9DBEE9 #C89DE9

monochromatic

#C8D339 #D6DE6B #E4E99D #F2F4CF #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#E4E99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E99D

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E99D	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.097 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0ba',
    500: '#e4e99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e99d;
$custom-light: #edf0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.947,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91273,
    "c": 0.09701,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E99D

secondary

#6C66C4

accent

#1ACB26

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E99D

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

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