#E4DDAE#E4DDAE

#E4DDAE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.062 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DDAE
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 174)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(52, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 23.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.61, -4.99, 23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.61, 24.50, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0113 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.062 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.4913, 71.2640, 50.3415)
Luminance	0.7126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DDAE #AEB5E4

analogous

#E4C2AE #E4DDAE #D0E4AE

triadic

#E4DDAE #AEE4DD #DDAEE4

tetradic

#E4DDAE #AEE4C2 #AEB5E4 #E4AED0

square

#E4DDAE #AEE4C2 #AEB5E4 #E4AED0

split-complementary

#E4DDAE #AED0E4 #C2AEE4

monochromatic

#C5B652 #D5CA80 #E4DDAE #F3F0DC #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4DDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#E4DDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DDAE

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DDAE	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)

#E6DAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DDB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ddae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.062 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede7c6',
    500: '#e4ddae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ddae;
$custom-light: #ede7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ddae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89147,
    "c": 0.06199,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DDAE

secondary

#7881BE

accent

#3CBD28

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DDAE

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

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