#E8E4C8#E8E4C8

#E8E4C8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.037 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E4C8
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 200)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(53, 14%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 13.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.24, -3.29, 14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.24, 14.54, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.47% -0.0067 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(91.47% 0.037 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.4465, 76.8135, 65.6950)
Luminance	0.7681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E4C8 #C8CCE8

analogous

#E8D4C8 #E8E4C8 #DCE8C8

triadic

#E8E4C8 #C8E8E4 #E4C8E8

tetradic

#E8E4C8 #C8E8D4 #C8CCE8 #E8C8DC

square

#E8E4C8 #C8E8D4 #C8CCE8 #E8C8DC

split-complementary

#E8E4C8 #C8DCE8 #D4C8E8

monochromatic

#C4BA72 #D6CF9D #E8E4C8 #F6F4E9 #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E8E4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#E8E4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E4C8

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E4C8	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAE2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBE4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE0DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.037 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efecd8',
    500: '#e8e4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e4c8;
$custom-light: #efecd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 84.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91466,
    "c": 0.03732,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E4C8

secondary

#9298C2

accent

#42B431

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E4C8

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

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