#E8E6C8#E8E6C8

#E8E6C8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.040 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E6C8
RGB	rgb(232, 230, 200)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(56, 14%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 13.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.74, -4.31, 14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.74, 15.49, 106.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.0096 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.04 104)
XYZ	xyz(71.9999, 77.9202, 65.8795)
Luminance	0.7792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E6C8 #C8CAE8

analogous

#E8D6C8 #E8E6C8 #DAE8C8

triadic

#E8E6C8 #C8E8E6 #E6C8E8

tetradic

#E8E6C8 #C8E8D6 #C8CAE8 #E8C8DA

square

#E8E6C8 #C8E8D6 #C8CAE8 #E8C8DA

split-complementary

#E8E6C8 #C8DAE8 #D6C8E8

monochromatic

#C4BF72 #D6D29D #E8E6C8 #F6F5E9 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8E6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#E8E6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E6C8

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E6C8	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECE3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 230, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.040 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efedd8',
    500: '#e8e6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e6c8;
$custom-light: #efedd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 84.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91867,
    "c": 0.03969,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.7792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E6C8

secondary

#9295C2

accent

#3AB431

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E6C8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →