#E5DDBC#E5DDBC

#E5DDBC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.045 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DDBC
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 188)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(48, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 17.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -2.61, 17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 17.40, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0046 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.045 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.2462, 72.0028, 57.9226)
Luminance	0.7200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DDBC #BCC4E5

analogous

#E5C9BC #E5DDBC #D9E5BC

triadic

#E5DDBC #BCE5DD #DDBCE5

tetradic

#E5DDBC #BCE5C9 #BCC4E5 #E5BCD9

square

#E5DDBC #BCE5C9 #BCC4E5 #E5BCD9

split-complementary

#E5DDBC #BCD9E5 #C9BCE5

monochromatic

#C3B064 #D4C790 #E5DDBC #F6F3E8 #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E5DDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E5DDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DDBC

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DDBC	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7DEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ddbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.045 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede7d0',
    500: '#e5ddbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ddbc;
$custom-light: #ede7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ddbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89539,
    "c": 0.04455,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DDBC

secondary

#8691BF

accent

#49B72E

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFCFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DDBC

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

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