#E4DDBC#E4DDBC

#E4DDBC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.044 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DDBC
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 188)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(50, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 17.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -2.98, 17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 17.34, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0056 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.044 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.9280, 71.8387, 57.9077)
Luminance	0.7184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DDBC #BCC3E4

analogous

#E4C9BC #E4DDBC #D7E4BC

triadic

#E4DDBC #BCE4DD #DDBCE4

tetradic

#E4DDBC #BCE4C9 #BCC3E4 #E4BCD7

square

#E4DDBC #BCE4C9 #BCC3E4 #E4BCD7

split-complementary

#E4DDBC #BCD7E4 #C9BCE4

monochromatic

#C1B165 #D2C790 #E4DDBC #F6F3E8 #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4DDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E4DDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DDBC

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DDBC	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ddbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.044 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece7d0',
    500: '#e4ddbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ddbc;
$custom-light: #ece7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ddbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89458,
    "c": 0.04436,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DDBC

secondary

#8690BE

accent

#47B630

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DDBC

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

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