#E6E2C8#E6E2C8

#E6E2C8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.035 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E2C8
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 200)
HSL	hsl(52, 38%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(52, 13%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 13%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.57, -2.98, 13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.57, 13.54, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.91% -0.006 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(90.91% 0.035 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.2538, 75.3865, 65.4824)
Luminance	0.7539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E2C8 #C8CCE6

analogous

#E6D3C8 #E6E2C8 #DBE6C8

triadic

#E6E2C8 #C8E6E2 #E2C8E6

tetradic

#E6E2C8 #C8E6D3 #C8CCE6 #E6C8DB

square

#E6E2C8 #C8E6D3 #C8CCE6 #E6C8DB

split-complementary

#E6E2C8 #C8DBE6 #D3C8E6

monochromatic

#C0B674 #D3CC9E #E6E2C8 #F5F4EA #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E6E2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#E6E2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E2C8

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E2C8	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7E0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9E2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.035 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebd8',
    500: '#e6e2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e2c8;
$custom-light: #eeebd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90907,
    "c": 0.03478,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E2C8

secondary

#9399C0

accent

#46B035

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E2C8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →