#E2DEC4#E2DEC4

#E2DEC4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.035 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DEC4
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 196)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(52, 13%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 13.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -2.99, 13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 13.58, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.006 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.035 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.4482, 72.3975, 62.6348)
Luminance	0.7240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DEC4 #C4C8E2

analogous

#E2CFC4 #E2DEC4 #D7E2C4

triadic

#E2DEC4 #C4E2DE #DEC4E2

tetradic

#E2DEC4 #C4E2CF #C4C8E2 #E2C4D7

square

#E2DEC4 #C4E2CF #C4C8E2 #E2C4D7

split-complementary

#E2DEC4 #C4D7E2 #CFC4E2

monochromatic

#BAB072 #CEC79B #E2DEC4 #F5F4EA #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E2DEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E2DEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DEC4

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DEC4	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DCC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DEC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.035 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe8d5',
    500: '#e2dec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dec4;
$custom-light: #ebe8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 34.091,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89687,
    "c": 0.03489,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DEC4

secondary

#9095BB

accent

#48AD39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DEC4

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

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