#E4E2B5#E4E2B5

#E4E2B5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.059 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2B5
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 181)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(57, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 20.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -6.55, 22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 23.25, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.31% -0.0157 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(90.31% 0.059 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.5314, 74.2238, 54.4762)
Luminance	0.7422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2B5 #B5B7E4

analogous

#E4CAB5 #E4E2B5 #CEE4B5

triadic

#E4E2B5 #B5E4E2 #E2B5E4

tetradic

#E4E2B5 #B5E4CA #B5B7E4 #E4B5CE

square

#E4E2B5 #B5E4CA #B5B7E4 #E4B5CE

split-complementary

#E4E2B5 #B5CEE4 #CAB5E4

monochromatic

#C3BF5B #D4D088 #E4E2B5 #F4F4E2 #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E2B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#E4E2B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2B5

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2B5	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EADEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBE1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.059 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebcb',
    500: '#e4e2b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2b5;
$custom-light: #edebcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 46.535,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90309,
    "c": 0.05903,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2B5

secondary

#7F82BE

accent

#32BA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2B5

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

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