#E4E1C8#E4E1C8

#E4E1C8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.033 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E1C8
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 200)
HSL	hsl(54, 34%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(54, 12%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 12.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -3.18, 12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 13.00, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(90.55% -0.0066 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(90.55% 0.033 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.3444, 74.5152, 65.3621)
Luminance	0.7451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E1C8 #C8CBE4

analogous

#E4D3C8 #E4E1C8 #D9E4C8

triadic

#E4E1C8 #C8E4E1 #E1C8E4

tetradic

#E4E1C8 #C8E4D3 #C8CBE4 #E4C8D9

square

#E4E1C8 #C8E4D3 #C8CBE4 #E4C8D9

split-complementary

#E4E1C8 #C8D9E4 #D3C8E4

monochromatic

#BCB476 #D0CB9F #E4E1C8 #F5F4EA #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#E4E1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E1C8

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E1C8	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6DFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7E1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.033 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecead8',
    500: '#e4e1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e1c8;
$custom-light: #ecead8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90547,
    "c": 0.0334,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E1C8

secondary

#9398BD

accent

#45AD39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E1C8

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

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