#E4E0BC#E4E0BC
#E4E0BC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.048 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4E0BC |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 224, 188) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 43%, 82%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 18%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 17.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.66, -4.51, 18.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.66, 18.70, 103.95°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.06% -0.01 0.0467) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.06% 0.048 102.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.7271, 73.4370, 58.1741) |
| Luminance | 0.7344 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Beige (survey)
#E6DAA6
ΔE00 4.89
Pale
#FFF9D0
ΔE00 5.51
Lightgoldenrodyellow
#FAFAD2
ΔE00 5.63
Beige
#F5F5DC
ΔE00 5.80
Lemonchiffon
#FFFACD
ΔE00 5.89
Eggshell
#F0EAD6
ΔE00 6.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4E0BC #BCC0E4
analogous
#E4CCBC #E4E0BC #D4E4BC
triadic
#E4E0BC #BCE4E0 #E0BCE4
tetradic
#E4E0BC #BCE4CC #BCC0E4 #E4BCD4
square
#E4E0BC #BCE4CC #BCC0E4 #E4BCD4
split-complementary
#E4E0BC #BCD4E4 #CCBCE4
monochromatic
#C1B865 #D2CC90 #E4E0BC #F6F4E8 #F6F5E9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.34
#E4E0BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.69
#E4E0BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4E0BC
15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4E0BC | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4E0BC | 1.00 | 1.34 | 15.69 | 15.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7DDBA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9E0BD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EBDBD6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4e0bc; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 188); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.048 102.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ece9d0',
500: '#e4e0bc',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4e0bc; $custom-light: #ece9d0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4e0bc",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 224,
"b": 188
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54,
"s": 42.553,
"l": 81.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90061,
"c": 0.04773,
"h": 102.1
},
"luminance": 0.73436
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4E0BC
secondary
#868CBE
accent
#3DB630
background
#FEFEFE
surface
#FDFCFB
border
#D5D5D4
text
#161614
muted
#848483