#E4E4C2#E4E4C2

#E4E4C2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.045 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E4C2
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 194)
HSL	hsl(60, 39%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(60, 15%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 14.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.80, -5.64, 16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.80, 17.56, 108.73°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0133 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.045 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.4751, 75.8764, 62.0141)
Luminance	0.7588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E4C2 #C2C2E4

analogous

#E4D3C2 #E4E4C2 #D3E4C2

triadic

#E4E4C2 #C2E4E4 #E4C2E4

tetradic

#E4E4C2 #C2E4D3 #C2C2E4 #E4C2D3

square

#E4E4C2 #C2E4D3 #C2C2E4 #E4C2D3

split-complementary

#E4E4C2 #C2D3E4 #D3C2E4

monochromatic

#BEBE6D #D1D198 #E4E4C2 #F6F6EA #F6F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#E4E4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E4C2

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E4C2	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAE1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBE3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.045 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ececd4',
    500: '#e4e4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e4c2;
$custom-light: #ececd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38.636,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91007,
    "c": 0.04491,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E4C2

secondary

#8D8DBD

accent

#34B234

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E4C2

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

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