#E5DEC0#E5DEC0

#E5DEC0 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.041 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DEC0
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 192)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(49, 16%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 16.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -2.53, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 15.79, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.0044 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.041 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.9482, 72.7072, 60.3134)
Luminance	0.7271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DEC0 #C0C7E5

analogous

#E5CCC0 #E5DEC0 #D9E5C0

triadic

#E5DEC0 #C0E5DE #DEC0E5

tetradic

#E5DEC0 #C0E5CC #C0C7E5 #E5C0D9

square

#E5DEC0 #C0E5CC #C0C7E5 #E5C0D9

split-complementary

#E5DEC0 #C0D9E5 #CCC0E5

monochromatic

#C1B169 #D3C795 #E5DEC0 #F6F4E9 #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5DEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E5DEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DEC0

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DEC0	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7DFC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.041 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede8d3',
    500: '#e5dec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dec0;
$custom-light: #ede8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 41.573,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89833,
    "c": 0.04051,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DEC0

secondary

#8A94BF

accent

#4AB531

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFCFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DEC0

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

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