#E4E2C5#E4E2C5

#E4E2C5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.039 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2C5
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 197)
HSL	hsl(56, 36%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(56, 14%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 13.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -4.16, 14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 15.03, 106.07°)
OKLab	oklab(90.68% -0.0092 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(90.68% 0.039 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.2684, 74.9185, 63.6241)
Luminance	0.7492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2C5 #C5C7E4

analogous

#E4D2C5 #E4E2C5 #D6E4C5

triadic

#E4E2C5 #C5E4E2 #E2C5E4

tetradic

#E4E2C5 #C5E4D2 #C5C7E4 #E4C5D6

square

#E4E2C5 #C5E4D2 #C5C7E4 #E4C5D6

split-complementary

#E4E2C5 #C5D6E4 #D2C5E4

monochromatic

#BDB871 #D1CD9B #E4E2C5 #F5F5EA #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#E4E2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2C5

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2C5	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8E0C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9E1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.039 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecebd6',
    500: '#e4e2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2c5;
$custom-light: #ecebd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90675,
    "c": 0.03851,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2C5

secondary

#9093BD

accent

#3EAF36

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2C5

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

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