#E4E2C8#E4E2C8

#E4E2C8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.035 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2C8
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 200)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(56, 12%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 12.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.42, -3.69, 12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.42, 13.48, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.0081 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.035 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.6155, 75.0574, 65.4525)
Luminance	0.7506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2C8 #C8CAE4

analogous

#E4D4C8 #E4E2C8 #D8E4C8

triadic

#E4E2C8 #C8E4E2 #E2C8E4

tetradic

#E4E2C8 #C8E4D4 #C8CAE4 #E4C8D8

square

#E4E2C8 #C8E4D4 #C8CAE4 #E4C8D8

split-complementary

#E4E2C8 #C8D8E4 #D4C8E4

monochromatic

#BCB776 #D0CC9F #E4E2C8 #F5F4EA #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#E4E2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2C8

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2C8	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7E0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8E1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.035 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecebd8',
    500: '#e4e2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2c8;
$custom-light: #ecebd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90748,
    "c": 0.0346,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2C8

secondary

#9396BD

accent

#41AD39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2C8

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

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