#E2DEC2#E2DEC2

#E2DEC2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.037 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DEC2
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 194)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(53, 14%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 14.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.12, -3.30, 14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.12, 14.61, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0068 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.037 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.2221, 72.3070, 61.4439)
Luminance	0.7231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DEC2 #C2C6E2

analogous

#E2CEC2 #E2DEC2 #D6E2C2

triadic

#E2DEC2 #C2E2DE #DEC2E2

tetradic

#E2DEC2 #C2E2CE #C2C6E2 #E2C2D6

square

#E2DEC2 #C2E2CE #C2C6E2 #E2C2D6

split-complementary

#E2DEC2 #C2D6E2 #CEC2E2

monochromatic

#BBB16F #CEC899 #E2DEC2 #F5F4EA #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E2DEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#E2DEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DEC2

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DEC2	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)

#E4DCC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.037 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe8d4',
    500: '#e2dec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dec2;
$custom-light: #ebe8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 35.556,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89639,
    "c": 0.03748,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DEC2

secondary

#8D93BB

accent

#46AE37

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DEC2

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

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