#E4E1C3#E4E1C3

#E4E1C3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.040 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E1C3
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 195)
HSL	hsl(55, 38%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(55, 14%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 14.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -3.96, 15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 15.58, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0086 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.04 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.7696, 74.2852, 62.3349)
Luminance	0.7429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E1C3 #C3C6E4

analogous

#E4D0C3 #E4E1C3 #D6E4C3

triadic

#E4E1C3 #C3E4E1 #E1C3E4

tetradic

#E4E1C3 #C3E4D0 #C3C6E4 #E4C3D6

square

#E4E1C3 #C3E4D0 #C3C6E4 #E4C3D6

split-complementary

#E4E1C3 #C3D6E4 #D0C3E4

monochromatic

#BEB76F #D1CC99 #E4E1C3 #F6F4EA #F6F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E1C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E4E1C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E1C3

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E1C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E1C3	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7DFC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8E1C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e1c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.040 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecead5',
    500: '#e4e1c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e1c3;
$custom-light: #ecead5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e1c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90426,
    "c": 0.03989,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E1C3

secondary

#8E92BD

accent

#40B135

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E1C3

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

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