#E6DEC4#E6DEC4

#E6DEC4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.036 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DEC4
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 196)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(46, 15%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 14.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.47, -1.55, 13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.47, 13.83, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0018 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.036 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.7175, 73.0520, 62.6943)
Luminance	0.7305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DEC4 #C4CCE6

analogous

#E6CDC4 #E6DEC4 #DDE6C4

triadic

#E6DEC4 #C4E6DE #DEC4E6

tetradic

#E6DEC4 #C4E6CD #C4CCE6 #E6C4DD

square

#E6DEC4 #C4E6CD #C4CCE6 #E6C4DD

split-complementary

#E6DEC4 #C4DDE6 #CDC4E6

monochromatic

#C2AE6E #D4C699 #E6DEC4 #F6F3EA #F6F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E6DEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#E6DEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DEC4

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DEC4	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DDC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.036 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee8d5',
    500: '#e6dec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dec4;
$custom-light: #eee8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9001,
    "c": 0.03566,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DEC4

secondary

#8E9AC0

accent

#50B432

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFCFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DEC4

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

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