#E4DEBD#E4DEBD

#E4DEBD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.044 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DEBD
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 189)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(51, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 17.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.17, -3.34, 16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.17, 17.27, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(89.68% -0.0067 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(89.68% 0.044 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.3009, 72.4115, 58.5657)
Luminance	0.7241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DEBD #BDC3E4

analogous

#E4CBBD #E4DEBD #D7E4BD

triadic

#E4DEBD #BDE4DE #DEBDE4

tetradic

#E4DEBD #BDE4CB #BDC3E4 #E4BDD7

square

#E4DEBD #BDE4CB #BDC3E4 #E4BDD7

split-complementary

#E4DEBD #BDD7E4 #CBBDE4

monochromatic

#C0B366 #D2C892 #E4DEBD #F6F4E8 #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4DEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E4DEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DEBD

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DEBD	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DCBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7DEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4debd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.044 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece8d1',
    500: '#e4debd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4debd;
$custom-light: #ece8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4debd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89682,
    "c": 0.04417,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DEBD

secondary

#8790BE

accent

#45B530

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DEBD

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

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