#E4DCBA#E4DCBA

#E4DCBA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.046 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DCBA
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 186)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(49, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 18.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.59, -2.76, 17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.59, 17.93, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(89.21% -0.005 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(89.21% 0.046 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.4506, 71.2266, 56.6924)
Luminance	0.7123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DCBA #BAC2E4

analogous

#E4C7BA #E4DCBA #D7E4BA

triadic

#E4DCBA #BAE4DC #DCBAE4

tetradic

#E4DCBA #BAE4C7 #BAC2E4 #E4BAD7

square

#E4DCBA #BAE4C7 #BAC2E4 #E4BAD7

split-complementary

#E4DCBA #BAD7E4 #C7BAE4

monochromatic

#C2AF62 #D3C68E #E4DCBA #F5F2E6 #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4DCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#E4DCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DCBA

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DCBA	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DDBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD7D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.046 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece6ce',
    500: '#e4dcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dcba;
$custom-light: #ece6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89211,
    "c": 0.04584,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DCBA

secondary

#848FBE

accent

#49B72F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161613

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DCBA

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

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