#E2DEC8#E2DEC8

#E2DEC8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.030 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DEC8
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 200)
HSL	hsl(51, 31%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(51, 12%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 11.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -2.35, 11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 11.52, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0044 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.03 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.9096, 72.5820, 65.0646)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DEC8 #C8CCE2

analogous

#E2D1C8 #E2DEC8 #D9E2C8

triadic

#E2DEC8 #C8E2DE #DEC8E2

tetradic

#E2DEC8 #C8E2D1 #C8CCE2 #E2C8D9

square

#E2DEC8 #C8E2D1 #C8CCE2 #E2C8D9

split-complementary

#E2DEC8 #C8D9E2 #D1C8E2

monochromatic

#B8AE78 #CDC6A0 #E2DEC8 #F4F3EB #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E2DEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E2DEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DEC8

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DEC8	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DCC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4DEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.030 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe8d8',
    500: '#e2dec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dec8;
$custom-light: #ebe8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89786,
    "c": 0.02969,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DEC8

secondary

#949ABA

accent

#4DAA3C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DEC8

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

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