#E2D8A5#E2D8A5

#E2D8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.067 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D8A5
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 165)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 27%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.01, -4.39, 26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.01, 26.81, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.0097 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.067 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.7117, 67.9984, 45.4115)
Luminance	0.6800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D8A5 #A5AFE2

analogous

#E2BAA5 #E2D8A5 #CEE2A5

triadic

#E2D8A5 #A5E2D8 #D8A5E2

tetradic

#E2D8A5 #A5E2BA #A5AFE2 #E2A5CE

square

#E2D8A5 #A5E2BA #A5AFE2 #E2A5CE

split-complementary

#E2D8A5 #A5CEE2 #BAA5E2

monochromatic

#C4B048 #D3C477 #E2D8A5 #F1ECD3 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E2D8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#E2D8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D8A5

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D8A5	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D5A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.067 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe4c0',
    500: '#e2d8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d8a5;
$custom-light: #ebe4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87783,
    "c": 0.06749,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D8A5

secondary

#707CBB

accent

#40BF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D8A5

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

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