#E4E8CE#E4E8CE

#E4E8CE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.035 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8CE
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 206)
HSL	hsl(69, 36%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(69, 11%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 11.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.08, -5.79, 12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.08, 13.50, 115.38°)
OKLab	oklab(92.1% -0.0142 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(92.1% 0.035 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.9907, 78.6637, 69.7716)
Luminance	0.7866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8CE #D2CEE8

analogous

#E8DFCE #E4E8CE #D7E8CE

triadic

#E4E8CE #CEE4E8 #E8CEE4

tetradic

#E4E8CE #CEE8DF #D2CEE8 #E8CED7

square

#E4E8CE #CEE8DF #D2CEE8 #E8CED7

split-complementary

#E4E8CE #CED7E8 #DFCEE8

monochromatic

#B6C17B #CDD4A4 #E4E8CE #F4F5EA #F4F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E4E8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#E4E8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8CE

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8CE	1.00	1.26	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECE5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECE6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.035 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecefdd',
    500: '#e4e8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8ce;
$custom-light: #ecefdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 36.111,
    "l": 85.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92103,
    "c": 0.03474,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8CE

secondary

#9F98C2

accent

#37AF49

background

#FEFFFE

surface

#FDFEFC

border

#D5D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#848584

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8CE

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

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