#E4E8BE#E4E8BE

#E4E8BE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.055 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8BE
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 190)
HSL	hsl(66, 48%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(66, 18%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 18.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.75, -8.27, 20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.75, 21.67, 112.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.73% -0.0207 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(91.73% 0.055 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.1450, 77.9254, 60.0510)
Luminance	0.7792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8BE #C2BEE8

analogous

#E8D7BE #E4E8BE #CFE8BE

triadic

#E4E8BE #BEE4E8 #E8BEE4

tetradic

#E4E8BE #BEE8D7 #C2BEE8 #E8BECF

square

#E4E8BE #BEE8D7 #C2BEE8 #E8BECF

split-complementary

#E4E8BE #BECFE8 #D7BEE8

monochromatic

#BEC864 #D1D891 #E4E8BE #F6F7E8 #F6F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E4E8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#E4E8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8BE

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8BE	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.055 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecefd1',
    500: '#e4e8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8be;
$custom-light: #ecefd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 47.727,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91726,
    "c": 0.05534,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8BE

secondary

#8D87C3

accent

#2BBB38

background

#FEFFFE

surface

#FDFEFB

border

#D5D6D4

text

#161614

muted

#848583

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8BE

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

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