#E4EC99#E4EC99

#E4EC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.105 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4EC99
RGB	rgb(228, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(66, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.14, -15.18, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.14, 42.22, 111.07°)
OKLab	oklab(91.83% -0.0411 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(91.83% 0.105 113)
XYZ	xyz(67.7405, 78.7856, 41.7694)
Luminance	0.7879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4EC99 #A199EC

analogous

#ECCB99 #E4EC99 #BBEC99

triadic

#E4EC99 #99E4EC #EC99E4

tetradic

#E4EC99 #99ECCB #A199EC #EC99BB

square

#E4EC99 #99ECCB #A199EC #EC99BB

split-complementary

#E4EC99 #99BBEC #CB99EC

monochromatic

#C9D932 #D6E265 #E4EC99 #F2F6CD #F8FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E4EC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#E4EC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4EC99

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4EC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4EC99	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEE3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.105 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf2b8',
    500: '#e4ec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ec99;
$custom-light: #edf2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.783,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91826,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.78785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4EC99

secondary

#6B62C8

accent

#15D127

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4EC99

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

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