#E4E2C4#E4E2C4

#E4E2C4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.040 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2C4
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 196)
HSL	hsl(56, 37%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(56, 14%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 14%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -4.32, 14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 15.54, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0096 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.04 104)
XYZ	xyz(69.1542, 74.8729, 63.0227)
Luminance	0.7487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2C4 #C4C6E4

analogous

#E4D2C4 #E4E2C4 #D6E4C4

triadic

#E4E2C4 #C4E4E2 #E2C4E4

tetradic

#E4E2C4 #C4E4D2 #C4C6E4 #E4C4D6

square

#E4E2C4 #C4E4D2 #C4C6E4 #E4C4D6

split-complementary

#E4E2C4 #C4D6E4 #D2C4E4

monochromatic

#BEB970 #D1CD9A #E4E2C4 #F5F5EA #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#E4E2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2C4

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2C4	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8DFC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9E1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.040 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecebd5',
    500: '#e4e2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2c4;
$custom-light: #ecebd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 37.209,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90651,
    "c": 0.03981,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.74872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2C4

secondary

#8F92BD

accent

#3DB035

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2C4

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

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