#E4DEC5#E4DEC5

#E4DEC5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.034 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DEC5
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 197)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(48, 14%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 13.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -2.11, 13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 13.17, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.0035 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.034 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.1934, 72.7685, 63.2658)
Luminance	0.7277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DEC5 #C5CBE4

analogous

#E4CEC5 #E4DEC5 #DAE4C5

triadic

#E4DEC5 #C5E4DE #DEC5E4

tetradic

#E4DEC5 #C5E4CE #C5CBE4 #E4C5DA

square

#E4DEC5 #C5E4CE #C5CBE4 #E4C5DA

split-complementary

#E4DEC5 #C5DAE4 #CEC5E4

monochromatic

#BDAE71 #D1C69B #E4DEC5 #F5F3EA #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4DEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E4DEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DEC5

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DEC5	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DCC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DFC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.034 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece8d6',
    500: '#e4dec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dec5;
$custom-light: #ece8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89873,
    "c": 0.03392,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DEC5

secondary

#9099BD

accent

#4EAF36

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DEC5

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

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