#E5DDBB#E5DDBB

#E5DDBB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.046 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DDBB
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 187)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(49, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 18.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -2.76, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 17.91, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.005 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.046 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.1388, 71.9598, 57.3569)
Luminance	0.7196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DDBB #BBC3E5

analogous

#E5C8BB #E5DDBB #D8E5BB

triadic

#E5DDBB #BBE5DD #DDBBE5

tetradic

#E5DDBB #BBE5C8 #BBC3E5 #E5BBD8

square

#E5DDBB #BBE5C8 #BBC3E5 #E5BBD8

split-complementary

#E5DDBB #BBD8E5 #C8BBE5

monochromatic

#C3B162 #D4C78F #E5DDBB #F6F3E7 #F7F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5DDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E5DDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DDBB

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DDBB	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DBB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7DEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ddbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.046 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede7cf',
    500: '#e5ddbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ddbb;
$custom-light: #ede7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ddbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89516,
    "c": 0.04581,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DDBB

secondary

#8590BF

accent

#48B82E

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFCFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#161613

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DDBB

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

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