#E1DEC5#E1DEC5

#E1DEC5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.033 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1DEC5
RGB	rgb(225, 222, 197)
HSL	hsl(54, 32%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(54, 12%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 12.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.10, -3.18, 12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.10, 13.03, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0066 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.033 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.2497, 72.2819, 63.2216)
Luminance	0.7228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1DEC5 #C5C8E1

analogous

#E1D0C5 #E1DEC5 #D6E1C5

triadic

#E1DEC5 #C5E1DE #DEC5E1

tetradic

#E1DEC5 #C5E1D0 #C5C8E1 #E1C5D6

square

#E1DEC5 #C5E1D0 #C5C8E1 #E1C5D6

split-complementary

#E1DEC5 #C5D6E1 #D0C5E1

monochromatic

#B7B074 #CCC79D #E1DEC5 #F5F4EB #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E1DEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#E1DEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1DEC5

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1DEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1DEC5	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DCC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4DEC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1dec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 222, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.033 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae8d6',
    500: '#e1dec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1dec5;
$custom-light: #eae8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1dec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89632,
    "c": 0.03348,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1DEC5

secondary

#9195B9

accent

#47AB3B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1DEC5

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

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