#E4E0C8#E4E0C8

#E4E0C8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.032 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E0C8
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 200)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(51, 12%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 12.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.91, -2.67, 12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.91, 12.53, 102.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0052 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.032 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.0749, 73.9761, 65.2723)
Luminance	0.7398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E0C8 #C8CCE4

analogous

#E4D2C8 #E4E0C8 #DAE4C8

triadic

#E4E0C8 #C8E4E0 #E0C8E4

tetradic

#E4E0C8 #C8E4D2 #C8CCE4 #E4C8DA

square

#E4E0C8 #C8E4D2 #C8CCE4 #E4C8DA

split-complementary

#E4E0C8 #C8DAE4 #D2C8E4

monochromatic

#BCB276 #D0C99F #E4E0C8 #F5F3EA #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#E4E0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E0C8

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E0C8	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DEC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6E0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.032 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece9d8',
    500: '#e4e0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e0c8;
$custom-light: #ece9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90347,
    "c": 0.03224,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E0C8

secondary

#9399BD

accent

#49AD39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E0C8

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

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