#E8E2C8#E8E2C8

#E8E2C8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.035 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E2C8
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 200)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(49, 14%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 13.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.73, -2.27, 13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.73, 13.64, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0039 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.035 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.8995, 75.7195, 65.5127)
Luminance	0.7572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E2C8 #C8CEE8

analogous

#E8D2C8 #E8E2C8 #DEE8C8

triadic

#E8E2C8 #C8E8E2 #E2C8E8

tetradic

#E8E2C8 #C8E8D2 #C8CEE8 #E8C8DE

square

#E8E2C8 #C8E8D2 #C8CEE8 #E8C8DE

split-complementary

#E8E2C8 #C8DEE8 #D2C8E8

monochromatic

#C4B472 #D6CB9D #E8E2C8 #F6F4E9 #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E8E2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#E8E2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E2C8

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E2C8	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8E0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAE3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.035 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efebd8',
    500: '#e8e2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e2c8;
$custom-light: #efebd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 84.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91067,
    "c": 0.0351,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E2C8

secondary

#929BC2

accent

#4AB431

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E2C8

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

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