#E8E6DC#E8E6DC

#E8E6DC is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.014 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E6DC
RGB	rgb(232, 230, 220)
HSL	hsl(50, 21%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(50, 5%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 5.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.20, -1.06, 5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.20, 5.21, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(92.37% -0.0018 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(92.37% 0.014 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.4920, 78.9171, 79.0044)
Luminance	0.7892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E6DC #DCDEE8

analogous

#E8E0DC #E8E6DC #E4E8DC

triadic

#E8E6DC #DCE8E6 #E6DCE8

tetradic

#E8E6DC #DCE8E0 #DCDEE8 #E8DCE4

square

#E8E6DC #DCE8E0 #DCDEE8 #E8DCE4

split-complementary

#E8E6DC #DCE4E8 #E0DCE8

monochromatic

#B7B192 #D0CCB7 #E8E6DC #F3F2ED #F3F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E8E6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#E8E6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E6DC

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E6DC	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8E5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9E6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE4E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 230, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.014 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efede6',
    500: '#e8e6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e6dc;
$custom-light: #efede6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 20.69,
    "l": 88.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92374,
    "c": 0.01353,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E6DC

secondary

#A9ADBF

accent

#559F46

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFC

border

#D6D5D5

text

#161616

muted

#858484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E6DC

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

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