#E4DEC2#E4DEC2

#E4DEC2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.038 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DEC2
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 194)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(49, 15%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 14.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -2.58, 14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 14.71, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0047 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.038 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.8530, 72.6324, 61.4734)
Luminance	0.7263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DEC2 #C2C8E4

analogous

#E4CDC2 #E4DEC2 #D9E4C2

triadic

#E4DEC2 #C2E4DE #DEC2E4

tetradic

#E4DEC2 #C2E4CD #C2C8E4 #E4C2D9

square

#E4DEC2 #C2E4CD #C2C8E4 #E4C2D9

split-complementary

#E4DEC2 #C2D9E4 #CDC2E4

monochromatic

#BEB06D #D1C798 #E4DEC2 #F6F4EA #F6F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4DEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E4DEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DEC2

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DEC2	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DCC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.038 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece8d4',
    500: '#e4dec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dec2;
$custom-light: #ece8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 38.636,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.898,
    "c": 0.03777,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DEC2

secondary

#8D95BD

accent

#4AB234

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DEC2

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

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