#E6E4D8#E6E4D8

#E6E4D8 is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.016 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E4D8
RGB	rgb(230, 228, 216)
HSL	hsl(51, 22%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(51, 6%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 6.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.44, -1.40, 6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.44, 6.25, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0025 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.016 99)
XYZ	xyz(72.7695, 77.2680, 76.0331)
Luminance	0.7727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E4D8 #D8DAE6

analogous

#E6DDD8 #E6E4D8 #E1E6D8

triadic

#E6E4D8 #D8E6E4 #E4D8E6

tetradic

#E6E4D8 #D8E6DD #D8DAE6 #E6D8E1

square

#E6E4D8 #D8E6DD #D8DAE6 #E6D8E1

split-complementary

#E6E4D8 #D8E1E6 #DDD8E6

monochromatic

#B6B08D #CECAB3 #E6E4D8 #F3F2EC #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E6E4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#E6E4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E4D8

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E4D8	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7E3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7E4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E2E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 228, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.016 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edece4',
    500: '#e6e4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e4d8;
$custom-light: #edece4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 87.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91713,
    "c": 0.01619,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.77268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E4D8

secondary

#A5A9BD

accent

#52A045

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161615

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E4D8

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

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