#E4E8CD#E4E8CD

#E4E8CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.036 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8CD
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 205)
HSL	hsl(69, 37%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(69, 12%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 11.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.06, -5.95, 12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.06, 14.01, 115.12°)
OKLab	oklab(92.08% -0.0146 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(92.08% 0.036 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.8696, 78.6153, 69.1338)
Luminance	0.7862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8CD #D1CDE8

analogous

#E8DECD #E4E8CD #D6E8CD

triadic

#E4E8CD #CDE4E8 #E8CDE4

tetradic

#E4E8CD #CDE8DE #D1CDE8 #E8CDD6

square

#E4E8CD #CDE8DE #D1CDE8 #E8CDD6

split-complementary

#E4E8CD #CDD6E8 #DECDE8

monochromatic

#B7C179 #CDD5A3 #E4E8CD #F4F5EA #F4F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E4E8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#E4E8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8CD

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8CD	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECE5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECE6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.036 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecefdc',
    500: '#e4e8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8cd;
$custom-light: #ecefdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 36.986,
    "l": 85.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92078,
    "c": 0.03604,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8CD

secondary

#9E97C2

accent

#36B048

background

#FEFFFE

surface

#FDFEFC

border

#D5D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#848584

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8CD

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

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