#E4E9C8#E4E9C8

#E4E9C8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.044 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E9C8
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 200)
HSL	hsl(69, 43%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(69, 14%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 14.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.21, -7.25, 15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.21, 17.11, 115.06°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.018 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.044 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.5580, 78.9423, 66.1000)
Luminance	0.7894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E9C8 #CDC8E9

analogous

#E9DEC8 #E4E9C8 #D4E9C8

triadic

#E4E9C8 #C8E4E9 #E9C8E4

tetradic

#E4E9C8 #C8E9DE #CDC8E9 #E9C8D4

square

#E4E9C8 #C8E9DE #CDC8E9 #E9C8D4

split-complementary

#E4E9C8 #C8D4E9 #DEC8E9

monochromatic

#B9C671 #CFD89C #E4E9C8 #F4F6E9 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E4E9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#E4E9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E9C8

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E9C8	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEE5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.044 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf0d8',
    500: '#e4e9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e9c8;
$custom-light: #ecf0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 84.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9216,
    "c": 0.04392,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E9C8

secondary

#9991C4

accent

#30B644

background

#FEFFFE

surface

#FDFEFB

border

#D5D6D4

text

#161614

muted

#848583

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E9C8

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

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