#E2DEC7#E2DEC7

#E2DEC7 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.031 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DEC7
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 199)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(51, 12%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 11.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -2.51, 11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 12.04, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.76% -0.0048 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(89.76% 0.031 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.7931, 72.5354, 64.4511)
Luminance	0.7254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DEC7 #C7CBE2

analogous

#E2D0C7 #E2DEC7 #D8E2C7

triadic

#E2DEC7 #C7E2DE #DEC7E2

tetradic

#E2DEC7 #C7E2D0 #C7CBE2 #E2C7D8

square

#E2DEC7 #C7E2D0 #C7CBE2 #E2C7D8

split-complementary

#E2DEC7 #C7D8E2 #D0C7E2

monochromatic

#B8AE76 #CDC69F #E2DEC7 #F5F3EB #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E2DEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#E2DEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DEC7

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DEC7	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DCC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4DEC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.031 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe8d8',
    500: '#e2dec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dec7;
$custom-light: #ebe8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 31.765,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89761,
    "c": 0.03099,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DEC7

secondary

#9399BA

accent

#4CAB3B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DEC7

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

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