#E4DCA2#E4DCA2

#E4DCA2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.076 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DCA2
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 162)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 28.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.14, -6.07, 29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.14, 30.17, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.0146 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.076 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.1101, 70.2903, 44.3656)
Luminance	0.7029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DCA2 #A2AAE4

analogous

#E4BBA2 #E4DCA2 #CBE4A2

triadic

#E4DCA2 #A2E4DC #DCA2E4

tetradic

#E4DCA2 #A2E4BB #A2AAE4 #E4A2CB

square

#E4DCA2 #A2E4BB #A2AAE4 #E4A2CB

split-complementary

#E4DCA2 #A2CBE4 #BBA2E4

monochromatic

#C8B843 #D6CA73 #E4DCA2 #F2EED1 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4DCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#E4DCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DCA2

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DCA2	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D89E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DCA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.076 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede6be',
    500: '#e4dca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dca2;
$custom-light: #ede6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88701,
    "c": 0.07562,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DCA2

secondary

#6C76BE

accent

#36C323

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DCA2

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

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