#E5DEAD#E5DEAD

#E5DEAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.064 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DEAD
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 173)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 24.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -5.26, 24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 25.51, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0121 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.064 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.9773, 71.9189, 49.9332)
Luminance	0.7192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DEAD #ADB4E5

analogous

#E5C2AD #E5DEAD #D0E5AD

triadic

#E5DEAD #ADE5DE #DEADE5

tetradic

#E5DEAD #ADE5C2 #ADB4E5 #E5ADD0

square

#E5DEAD #ADE5C2 #ADB4E5 #E5ADD0

split-complementary

#E5DEAD #ADD0E5 #C2ADE5

monochromatic

#C8B950 #D6CB7F #E5DEAD #F4F1DB #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E5DEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E5DEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DEAD

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DEAD	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7DBAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.064 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede8c5',
    500: '#e5dead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dead;
$custom-light: #ede8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8941,
    "c": 0.06443,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DEAD

secondary

#7780BF

accent

#39BF26

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DEAD

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

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