#E5DCBB#E5DCBB

#E5DCBB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.045 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DCBB
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 187)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(47, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 18.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.70, -2.25, 17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.70, 17.49, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.32% -0.0035 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(89.32% 0.045 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.8755, 71.4333, 57.2691)
Luminance	0.7143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DCBB #BBC4E5

analogous

#E5C7BB #E5DCBB #D9E5BB

triadic

#E5DCBB #BBE5DC #DCBBE5

tetradic

#E5DCBB #BBE5C7 #BBC4E5 #E5BBD9

square

#E5DCBB #BBE5C7 #BBC4E5 #E5BBD9

split-complementary

#E5DCBB #BBD9E5 #C7BBE5

monochromatic

#C3AE62 #D4C58F #E5DCBB #F6F3E7 #F7F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5DCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#E5DCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DCBB

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DCBB	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.045 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede6cf',
    500: '#e5dcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dcbb;
$custom-light: #ede6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89316,
    "c": 0.04479,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DCBB

secondary

#8591BF

accent

#4BB82E

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFCFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#161613

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DCBB

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

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