#E2DEC6#E2DEC6

#E2DEC6 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.032 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DEC6
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 198)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(51, 12%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 12.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -2.67, 12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 12.55, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0052 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.032 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.6774, 72.4892, 63.8417)
Luminance	0.7249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DEC6 #C6CAE2

analogous

#E2D0C6 #E2DEC6 #D8E2C6

triadic

#E2DEC6 #C6E2DE #DEC6E2

tetradic

#E2DEC6 #C6E2D0 #C6CAE2 #E2C6D8

square

#E2DEC6 #C6E2D0 #C6CAE2 #E2C6D8

split-complementary

#E2DEC6 #C6D8E2 #D0C6E2

monochromatic

#B9AF75 #CDC79D #E2DEC6 #F5F3EB #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E2DEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E2DEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DEC6

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DEC6	1.00	1.36	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DCC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4DEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.032 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe8d7',
    500: '#e2dec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dec6;
$custom-light: #ebe8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 32.558,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89737,
    "c": 0.03229,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DEC6

secondary

#9298BA

accent

#4AAB3A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DEC6

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

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