#E2DEC9#E2DEC9

#E2DEC9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.028 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DEC9
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 201)
HSL	hsl(50, 30%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(50, 11%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 11.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -2.19, 10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 11.01, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.004 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.028 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.0268, 72.6289, 65.6821)
Luminance	0.7263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DEC9 #C9CDE2

analogous

#E2D1C9 #E2DEC9 #D9E2C9

triadic

#E2DEC9 #C9E2DE #DEC9E2

tetradic

#E2DEC9 #C9E2D1 #C9CDE2 #E2C9D9

square

#E2DEC9 #C9E2D1 #C9CDE2 #E2C9D9

split-complementary

#E2DEC9 #C9D9E2 #D1C9E2

monochromatic

#B7AD79 #CDC6A1 #E2DEC9 #F4F3EB #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E2DEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E2DEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DEC9

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DEC9	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DDC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4DECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.028 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe8d9',
    500: '#e2dec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dec9;
$custom-light: #ebe8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 30.12,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89811,
    "c": 0.02838,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DEC9

secondary

#959BBA

accent

#4EA93D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DEC9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →