#E4DEC6#E4DEC6

#E4DEC6 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.033 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DEC6
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 198)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(48, 13%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 13.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -1.96, 12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 12.66, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.0031 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.033 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.3083, 72.8145, 63.8712)
Luminance	0.7281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DEC6 #C6CCE4

analogous

#E4CFC6 #E4DEC6 #DBE4C6

triadic

#E4DEC6 #C6E4DE #DEC6E4

tetradic

#E4DEC6 #C6E4CF #C6CCE4 #E4C6DB

square

#E4DEC6 #C6E4CF #C6CCE4 #E4C6DB

split-complementary

#E4DEC6 #C6DBE4 #CFC6E4

monochromatic

#BDAE73 #D0C69C #E4DEC6 #F5F3EA #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4DEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E4DEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DEC6

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DEC6	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DCC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DFC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.033 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece8d7',
    500: '#e4dec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dec6;
$custom-light: #ece8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89897,
    "c": 0.03264,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DEC6

secondary

#919ABD

accent

#4FAF37

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DEC6

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

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