#E4DEC8#E4DEC8

#E4DEC8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.030 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DEC8
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 200)
HSL	hsl(47, 34%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(47, 12%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 12.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, -1.64, 11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 11.64, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.0023 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.03 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.5405, 72.9074, 65.0942)
Luminance	0.7291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DEC8 #C8CEE4

analogous

#E4D0C8 #E4DEC8 #DCE4C8

triadic

#E4DEC8 #C8E4DE #DEC8E4

tetradic

#E4DEC8 #C8E4D0 #C8CEE4 #E4C8DC

square

#E4DEC8 #C8E4D0 #C8CEE4 #E4C8DC

split-complementary

#E4DEC8 #C8DCE4 #D0C8E4

monochromatic

#BCAD76 #D0C59F #E4DEC8 #F5F3EA #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4DEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E4DEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DEC8

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DEC8	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DDC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.030 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece8d8',
    500: '#e4dec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dec8;
$custom-light: #ece8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89947,
    "c": 0.03008,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DEC8

secondary

#939CBD

accent

#51AD39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DEC8

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

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