#E8E4CD#E8E4CD

#E8E4CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.031 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E4CD
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 205)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(51, 12%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 11.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.35, -2.51, 11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.35, 11.98, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(91.59% -0.0048 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(91.59% 0.031 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.0404, 77.0510, 68.8230)
Luminance	0.7705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E4CD #CDD1E8

analogous

#E8D6CD #E8E4CD #DEE8CD

triadic

#E8E4CD #CDE8E4 #E4CDE8

tetradic

#E8E4CD #CDE8D6 #CDD1E8 #E8CDDE

square

#E8E4CD #CDE8D6 #CDD1E8 #E8CDDE

split-complementary

#E8E4CD #CDDEE8 #D6CDE8

monochromatic

#C1B779 #D5CDA3 #E8E4CD #F5F4EA #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E8E4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#E8E4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E4CD

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E4CD	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9E2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAE4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.031 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efecdc',
    500: '#e8e4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e4cd;
$custom-light: #efecdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 36.986,
    "l": 85.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91589,
    "c": 0.03085,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E4CD

secondary

#979EC2

accent

#48B036

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFC

border

#D6D5D5

text

#161615

muted

#858484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E4CD

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

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