#E8E4CE#E8E4CE

#E8E4CE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.030 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E4CE
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 206)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(51, 11%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 11.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.37, -2.35, 11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.37, 11.47, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.0044 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.03 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.1615, 77.0995, 69.4607)
Luminance	0.7710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E4CE #CED2E8

analogous

#E8D7CE #E8E4CE #DFE8CE

triadic

#E8E4CE #CEE8E4 #E4CEE8

tetradic

#E8E4CE #CEE8D7 #CED2E8 #E8CEDF

square

#E8E4CE #CEE8D7 #CED2E8 #E8CEDF

split-complementary

#E8E4CE #CEDFE8 #D7CEE8

monochromatic

#C1B67B #D4CDA4 #E8E4CE #F5F4EA #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E8E4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#E8E4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E4CE

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E4CE	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9E2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAE4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.030 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efecdd',
    500: '#e8e4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e4ce;
$custom-light: #efecdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 36.111,
    "l": 85.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91614,
    "c": 0.02955,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E4CE

secondary

#989FC2

accent

#49AF37

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFC

border

#D6D5D5

text

#161615

muted

#858484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E4CE

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

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