#E4E8BD#E4E8BD

#E4E8BD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.057 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8BD
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 189)
HSL	hsl(66, 48%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(66, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 18.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.73, -8.41, 20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.73, 22.18, 112.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.7% -0.021 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(91.7% 0.057 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.0361, 77.8819, 59.4774)
Luminance	0.7788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8BD #C1BDE8

analogous

#E8D6BD #E4E8BD #CFE8BD

triadic

#E4E8BD #BDE4E8 #E8BDE4

tetradic

#E4E8BD #BDE8D6 #C1BDE8 #E8BDCF

square

#E4E8BD #BDE8D6 #C1BDE8 #E8BDCF

split-complementary

#E4E8BD #BDCFE8 #D6BDE8

monochromatic

#BFC862 #D1D890 #E4E8BD #F6F7E8 #F6F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E4E8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#E4E8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8BD

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8BD	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.057 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecefd1',
    500: '#e4e8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8bd;
$custom-light: #ecefd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.581,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91704,
    "c": 0.05661,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8BD

secondary

#8C86C3

accent

#2ABC37

background

#FEFFFE

surface

#FDFEFB

border

#D5D6D4

text

#161614

muted

#848583

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8BD

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

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