#E2DEC5#E2DEC5

#E2DEC5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.034 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DEC5
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 197)
HSL	hsl(52, 33%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(52, 13%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 12.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.18, -2.83, 12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.18, 13.07, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(89.71% -0.0056 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(89.71% 0.034 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.5624, 72.4432, 63.2362)
Luminance	0.7244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DEC5 #C5C9E2

analogous

#E2CFC5 #E2DEC5 #D7E2C5

triadic

#E2DEC5 #C5E2DE #DEC5E2

tetradic

#E2DEC5 #C5E2CF #C5C9E2 #E2C5D7

square

#E2DEC5 #C5E2CF #C5C9E2 #E2C5D7

split-complementary

#E2DEC5 #C5D7E2 #CFC5E2

monochromatic

#B9B073 #CEC79C #E2DEC5 #F5F3EB #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E2DEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E2DEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DEC5

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DEC5	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DCC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DEC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.034 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe8d6',
    500: '#e2dec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dec5;
$custom-light: #ebe8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89712,
    "c": 0.03359,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DEC5

secondary

#9196BA

accent

#49AC39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DEC5

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

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