#E4EAC4 is a muted, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #E4EAC4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #E4EAC4 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Pearl as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Pearl sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Pearl leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Pearl holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Pearl is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Pearl carrying the quiet middle.
How #E4EAC4 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #E4EAC4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E4EAC4;
--color-base-rgb: 228 234 196;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.3% 0.050 114.7);
--color-50: #FAFBF3;
--color-100: #F2F5E0;
--color-200: #E4EAC3;
--color-300: #CDD799;
--color-400: #B5C171;
--color-500: #98A550;
--color-600: #767F43;
--color-700: #555B34;
--color-800: #393C25;
--color-900: #232518;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pearl: {
50: '#FAFBF3',
100: '#F2F5E0',
200: '#E4EAC3',
300: '#CDD799',
400: '#B5C171',
500: '#98A550',
600: '#767F43',
700: '#555B34',
800: '#393C25',
900: '#232518',
},
}
$base: #E4EAC4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FAFBF3; $base-100: #F2F5E0; $base-200: #E4EAC3; $base-300: #CDD799; $base-400: #B5C171; $base-500: #98A550; $base-600: #767F43; $base-700: #555B34; $base-800: #393C25; $base-900: #232518; $base-hover: #C7D483; $base-subtle: #F6F7EE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E4EAC4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFBF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F2F5E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E4EAC3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CDD799",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B5C171",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#98A550",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#767F43",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#555B34",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#393C25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#232518",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}