#E4DEC4#E4DEC4

#E4DEC4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.035 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DEC4
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 196)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(49, 14%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 14%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -2.27, 13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 13.68, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0039 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.035 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.0792, 72.7228, 62.6643)
Luminance	0.7272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DEC4 #C4CAE4

analogous

#E4CEC4 #E4DEC4 #DAE4C4

triadic

#E4DEC4 #C4E4DE #DEC4E4

tetradic

#E4DEC4 #C4E4CE #C4CAE4 #E4C4DA

square

#E4DEC4 #C4E4CE #C4CAE4 #E4C4DA

split-complementary

#E4DEC4 #C4DAE4 #CEC4E4

monochromatic

#BEAF70 #D1C79A #E4DEC4 #F5F3EA #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4DEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E4DEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DEC4

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DEC4	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)

#E4DCC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.035 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece8d5',
    500: '#e4dec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dec4;
$custom-light: #ece8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 37.209,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89848,
    "c": 0.0352,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DEC4

secondary

#8F98BD

accent

#4CB035

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DEC4

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

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