#E5DDAC#E5DDAC

#E5DDAC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.065 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DDAC
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 172)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(52, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 24.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -4.89, 25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 25.57, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.011 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.065 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.6161, 71.3507, 49.3372)
Luminance	0.7135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DDAC #ACB4E5

analogous

#E5C0AC #E5DDAC #D0E5AC

triadic

#E5DDAC #ACE5DD #DDACE5

tetradic

#E5DDAC #ACE5C0 #ACB4E5 #E5ACD0

square

#E5DDAC #ACE5C0 #ACB4E5 #E5ACD0

split-complementary

#E5DDAC #ACD0E5 #C0ACE5

monochromatic

#C8B74F #D6CA7D #E5DDAC #F4F0DB #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E5DDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E5DDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DDAC

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DDAC	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7DAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DDAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ddac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.065 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede7c5',
    500: '#e5ddac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ddac;
$custom-light: #ede7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ddac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89187,
    "c": 0.06458,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DDAC

secondary

#7680BF

accent

#3BC026

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DDAC

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

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