#E2DCC5#E2DCC5

#E2DCC5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.031 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DCC5
RGB	rgb(226, 220, 197)
HSL	hsl(48, 33%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(48, 13%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 12.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.67, -1.80, 12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.67, 12.17, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.0027 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.031 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.0344, 71.3871, 63.0602)
Luminance	0.7139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DCC5 #C5CBE2

analogous

#E2CDC5 #E2DCC5 #D9E2C5

triadic

#E2DCC5 #C5E2DC #DCC5E2

tetradic

#E2DCC5 #C5E2CD #C5CBE2 #E2C5D9

square

#E2DCC5 #C5E2CD #C5CBE2 #E2C5D9

split-complementary

#E2DCC5 #C5D9E2 #CDC5E2

monochromatic

#B9AB73 #CEC39C #E2DCC5 #F5F3EB #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E2DCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#E2DCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DCC5

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DCC5	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1DBC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3DDC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 220, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.031 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe6d6',
    500: '#e2dcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dcc5;
$custom-light: #ebe6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89311,
    "c": 0.03141,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DCC5

secondary

#9199BA

accent

#51AC39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DCC5

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

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