#E4E0B7#E4E0B7
#E4E0B7 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.054 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4E0B7 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 224, 183) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 45%, 81%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 20%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 19.7%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.56, -5.24, 20.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.56, 21.27, 104.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.95% -0.012 0.0528) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.95% 0.054 102.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.1974, 73.2251, 55.3845) |
| Luminance | 0.7322 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Beige (survey)
#E6DAA6
ΔE00 3.89
Palegoldenrod
#EEE8AA
ΔE00 5.09
Vanilla
#F3E5AB
ΔE00 5.12
Pale
#FFF9D0
ΔE00 5.47
Lightgoldenrodyellow
#FAFAD2
ΔE00 5.59
Lemonchiffon
#FFFACD
ΔE00 5.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4E0B7 #B7BBE4
analogous
#E4C9B7 #E4E0B7 #D1E4B7
triadic
#E4E0B7 #B7E4E0 #E0B7E4
tetradic
#E4E0B7 #B7E4C9 #B7BBE4 #E4B7D1
square
#E4E0B7 #B7E4C9 #B7BBE4 #E4B7D1
split-complementary
#E4E0B7 #B7D1E4 #C9B7E4
monochromatic
#C3BA5E #D3CD8A #E4E0B7 #F5F3E4 #F7F5E9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.34
#E4E0B7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.64
#E4E0B7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4E0B7
15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4E0B7 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4E0B7 | 1.00 | 1.34 | 15.64 | 15.64 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8DDB5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9DFB8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EBDAD5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4e0b7; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 183); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.054 102.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ece9cc',
500: '#e4e0b7',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4e0b7; $custom-light: #ece9cc; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4e0b7",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 224,
"b": 183
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.667,
"s": 45.455,
"l": 80.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89948,
"c": 0.0541,
"h": 102.8
},
"luminance": 0.73224
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4E0B7
secondary
#8187BE
accent
#39B92D
background
#FEFEFE
surface
#FDFCFA
border
#D5D5D3
text
#161613
muted
#848483