#E4CE8A#E4CE8A

#E4CE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.090 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE8A
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 138)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 39.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -1.75, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 36.66, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.0035 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.09 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.6550, 62.4736, 33.0088)
Luminance	0.6247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE8A #8AA0E4

analogous

#E4A18A #E4CE8A #CDE48A

triadic

#E4CE8A #8AE4CE #CE8AE4

tetradic

#E4CE8A #8AE4A1 #8AA0E4 #E48ACD

square

#E4CE8A #8AE4A1 #8AA0E4 #E48ACD

split-complementary

#E4CE8A #8ACDE4 #A18AE4

monochromatic

#C6A12E #D9B958 #E4CE8A #EFE3BC #F9F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E4CE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#E4CE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE8A

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE8A	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCB85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.090 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedcad',
    500: '#e4ce8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce8a;
$custom-light: #eedcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85432,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE8A

secondary

#566FBD

accent

#46CA1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE8A

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

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