#E4DCAE#E4DCAE

#E4DCAE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.061 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DCAE
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 174)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 23.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.36, -4.47, 23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.36, 24.06, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0098 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.061 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.2281, 70.7375, 50.2538)
Luminance	0.7074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DCAE #AEB6E4

analogous

#E4C1AE #E4DCAE #D1E4AE

triadic

#E4DCAE #AEE4DC #DCAEE4

tetradic

#E4DCAE #AEE4C1 #AEB6E4 #E4AED1

square

#E4DCAE #AEE4C1 #AEB6E4 #E4AED1

split-complementary

#E4DCAE #AED1E4 #C1AEE4

monochromatic

#C5B452 #D5C880 #E4DCAE #F3F0DC #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4DCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#E4DCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DCAE

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DCAE	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DCB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.061 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede6c6',
    500: '#e4dcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dcae;
$custom-light: #ede6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88945,
    "c": 0.0609,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DCAE

secondary

#7882BE

accent

#3EBD28

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DCAE

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

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