#E4E99F#E4E99F

#E4E99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.095 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E99F
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 159)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(64, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 31.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.45, -12.97, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.45, 37.79, 110.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.31% -0.0345 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(91.31% 0.095 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.3921, 77.2759, 44.1597)
Luminance	0.7728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E99F #A49FE9

analogous

#E9C99F #E4E99F #BFE99F

triadic

#E4E99F #9FE4E9 #E99FE4

tetradic

#E4E99F #9FE9C9 #A49FE9 #E99FBF

square

#E4E99F #9FE9C9 #A49FE9 #E99FBF

split-complementary

#E4E99F #9FBFE9 #C99FE9

monochromatic

#C8D23B #D6DE6D #E4E99F #F2F4D1 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#E4E99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E99F

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E99F	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.095 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0bc',
    500: '#e4e99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e99f;
$custom-light: #edf0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.054,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91308,
    "c": 0.09467,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E99F

secondary

#6E68C4

accent

#1BCA27

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E99F

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

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