#E5DEC2#E5DEC2

#E5DEC2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.038 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DEC2
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 194)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(48, 15%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 15.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -2.22, 14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 14.77, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0036 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.038 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.1713, 72.7965, 61.4883)
Luminance	0.7280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DEC2 #C2C9E5

analogous

#E5CCC2 #E5DEC2 #DAE5C2

triadic

#E5DEC2 #C2E5DE #DEC2E5

tetradic

#E5DEC2 #C2E5CC #C2C9E5 #E5C2DA

square

#E5DEC2 #C2E5CC #C2C9E5 #E5C2DA

split-complementary

#E5DEC2 #C2DAE5 #CCC2E5

monochromatic

#C0B06C #D3C797 #E5DEC2 #F6F3EA #F6F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5DEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E5DEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DEC2

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DEC2	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DCC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DFC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.038 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede8d4',
    500: '#e5dec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dec2;
$custom-light: #ede8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89881,
    "c": 0.03796,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DEC2

secondary

#8C96BF

accent

#4CB332

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DEC2

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

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