#E4DCBD#E4DCBD

#E4DCBD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.042 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DCBD
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 189)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(48, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 17.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -2.31, 16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 16.40, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0038 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.042 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.7729, 71.3555, 58.3897)
Luminance	0.7136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DCBD #BDC5E4

analogous

#E4C9BD #E4DCBD #D9E4BD

triadic

#E4DCBD #BDE4DC #DCBDE4

tetradic

#E4DCBD #BDE4C9 #BDC5E4 #E4BDD9

square

#E4DCBD #BDE4C9 #BDC5E4 #E4BDD9

split-complementary

#E4DCBD #BDD9E4 #C9BDE4

monochromatic

#C0AE66 #D2C592 #E4DCBD #F6F3E8 #F6F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4DCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E4DCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DCBD

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DCBD	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.042 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece6d1',
    500: '#e4dcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dcbd;
$custom-light: #ece6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8928,
    "c": 0.04205,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DCBD

secondary

#8793BE

accent

#4CB530

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DCBD

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

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