#E2DDAB#E2DDAB

#E2DDAB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.066 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DDAB
RGB	rgb(226, 221, 171)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 24.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -6.14, 25.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 25.97, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% -0.0146 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.066 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.5712, 70.8230, 48.7888)
Luminance	0.7082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DDAB #ABB0E2

analogous

#E2C1AB #E2DDAB #CCE2AB

triadic

#E2DDAB #ABE2DD #DDABE2

tetradic

#E2DDAB #ABE2C1 #ABB0E2 #E2ABCC

square

#E2DDAB #ABE2C1 #ABB0E2 #E2ABCC

split-complementary

#E2DDAB #ABCCE2 #C1ABE2

monochromatic

#C3B850 #D2CB7E #E2DDAB #F2EFD8 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E2DDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#E2DDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DDAB

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DDAB	1.00	1.38	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DCAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ddab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 221, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.066 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe7c4',
    500: '#e2ddab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ddab;
$custom-light: #ebe7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ddab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88921,
    "c": 0.06558,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DDAB

secondary

#767CBB

accent

#37BC2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DDAB

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

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