#E4DEC3#E4DEC3

#E4DEC3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.036 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DEC3
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 195)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(49, 14%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 14.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.29, -2.43, 13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.29, 14.20, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0043 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.036 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.9657, 72.6775, 62.0669)
Luminance	0.7268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DEC3 #C3C9E4

analogous

#E4CDC3 #E4DEC3 #D9E4C3

triadic

#E4DEC3 #C3E4DE #DEC3E4

tetradic

#E4DEC3 #C3E4CD #C3C9E4 #E4C3D9

square

#E4DEC3 #C3E4CD #C3C9E4 #E4C3D9

split-complementary

#E4DEC3 #C3D9E4 #CDC3E4

monochromatic

#BEB06F #D1C799 #E4DEC3 #F6F3EA #F6F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4DEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E4DEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DEC3

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DEC3	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DCC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DFC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.036 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece8d5',
    500: '#e4dec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dec3;
$custom-light: #ece8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89824,
    "c": 0.03649,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DEC3

secondary

#8E96BD

accent

#4BB135

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DEC3

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

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