#E5DCA2#E5DCA2

#E5DCA2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.076 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DCA2
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 162)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 29%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 29.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.22, -5.69, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.22, 30.22, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0136 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.076 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.4283, 70.4544, 44.3805)
Luminance	0.7045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DCA2 #A2ABE5

analogous

#E5BBA2 #E5DCA2 #CDE5A2

triadic

#E5DCA2 #A2E5DC #DCA2E5

tetradic

#E5DCA2 #A2E5BB #A2ABE5 #E5A2CD

square

#E5DCA2 #A2E5BB #A2ABE5 #E5A2CD

split-complementary

#E5DCA2 #A2CDE5 #BBA2E5

monochromatic

#CAB842 #D8CA72 #E5DCA2 #F2EED2 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5DCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#E5DCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DCA2

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DCA2	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D89E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADCA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.076 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee6be',
    500: '#e5dca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dca2;
$custom-light: #eee6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88784,
    "c": 0.0757,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DCA2

secondary

#6C77BF

accent

#37C422

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DCA2

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

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