#E4E4DE#E4E4DE

#E4E4DE is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.008 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E4DE
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 222)
HSL	hsl(60, 10%, 88%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.44, -1.06, 2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.44, 3.11, 109.92°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0023 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.008 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.9211, 77.2548, 80.1631)
Luminance	0.7725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E4DE #DEDEE4

analogous

#E4E1DE #E4E4DE #E1E4DE

triadic

#E4E4DE #DEE4E4 #E4DEE4

tetradic

#E4E4DE #DEE4E1 #DEDEE4 #E4DEE1

square

#E4E4DE #DEE4E1 #DEDEE4 #E4DEE1

split-complementary

#E4E4DE #DEE1E4 #E1DEE4

monochromatic

#ADAD9B #C8C8BC #E4E4DE #F1F1EE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#E4E4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E4DE

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E4DE	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5E3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5E4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E3E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.008 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecece8',
    500: '#e4e4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e4de;
$custom-light: #ecece8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 88.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91719,
    "c": 0.00804,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E4DE

secondary

#AEAEB8

accent

#519451

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161616

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E4DE

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

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