#E4E99E#E4E99E

#E4E99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.096 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E99E
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 158)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(64, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 32.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.43, -13.10, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.43, 38.28, 110.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.29% -0.0349 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(91.29% 0.096 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.3057, 77.2413, 43.7046)
Luminance	0.7724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E99E #A39EE9

analogous

#E9C99E #E4E99E #BFE99E

triadic

#E4E99E #9EE4E9 #E99EE4

tetradic

#E4E99E #9EE9C9 #A39EE9 #E99EBF

square

#E4E99E #9EE9C9 #A39EE9 #E99EBF

split-complementary

#E4E99E #9EBFE9 #C99EE9

monochromatic

#C8D23A #D6DE6C #E4E99E #F2F4D0 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#E4E99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E99E

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E99E	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.096 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0bb',
    500: '#e4e99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e99e;
$custom-light: #edf0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9129,
    "c": 0.09584,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E99E

secondary

#6D67C4

accent

#1BCB26

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E99E

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

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