#E5DCA5#E5DCA5

#E5DCA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.072 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DCA5
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 165)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 27.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, -5.30, 28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 28.70, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.84% -0.0124 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(88.84% 0.072 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.6982, 70.5624, 45.8017)
Luminance	0.7056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DCA5 #A5AEE5

analogous

#E5BCA5 #E5DCA5 #CEE5A5

triadic

#E5DCA5 #A5E5DC #DCA5E5

tetradic

#E5DCA5 #A5E5BC #A5AEE5 #E5A5CE

square

#E5DCA5 #A5E5BC #A5AEE5 #E5A5CE

split-complementary

#E5DCA5 #A5CEE5 #BCA5E5

monochromatic

#CAB746 #D7CA76 #E5DCA5 #F3EED4 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E5DCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#E5DCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DCA5

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DCA5	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DCA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.072 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee6c0',
    500: '#e5dca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dca5;
$custom-light: #eee6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88842,
    "c": 0.07207,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DCA5

secondary

#6F7ABF

accent

#39C323

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DCA5

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

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