#E4E0C6#E4E0C6

#E4E0C6 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.035 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E0C6
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 198)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(52, 13%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 13.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -2.98, 13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 13.56, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.006 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.035 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.8427, 73.8832, 64.0494)
Luminance	0.7388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E0C6 #C6CAE4

analogous

#E4D1C6 #E4E0C6 #D9E4C6

triadic

#E4E0C6 #C6E4E0 #E0C6E4

tetradic

#E4E0C6 #C6E4D1 #C6CAE4 #E4C6D9

square

#E4E0C6 #C6E4D1 #C6CAE4 #E4C6D9

split-complementary

#E4E0C6 #C6D9E4 #D1C6E4

monochromatic

#BDB373 #D0C99C #E4E0C6 #F5F4EA #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E0C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E4E0C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E0C6

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E0C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E0C6	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7E0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e0c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.035 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece9d7',
    500: '#e4e0c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e0c6;
$custom-light: #ece9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e0c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90298,
    "c": 0.03484,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E0C6

secondary

#9197BD

accent

#47AF37

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E0C6

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

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