#E5DEC7#E5DEC7

#E5DEC7 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.032 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DEC7
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 199)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(46, 13%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 13.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.46, -1.44, 12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.46, 12.22, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0016 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.032 93)
XYZ	xyz(68.7423, 73.0249, 64.4956)
Luminance	0.7302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DEC7 #C7CEE5

analogous

#E5CFC7 #E5DEC7 #DDE5C7

triadic

#E5DEC7 #C7E5DE #DEC7E5

tetradic

#E5DEC7 #C7E5CF #C7CEE5 #E5C7DD

square

#E5DEC7 #C7E5CF #C7CEE5 #E5C7DD

split-complementary

#E5DEC7 #C7DDE5 #CFC7E5

monochromatic

#BEAD73 #D2C59D #E5DEC7 #F5F3EA #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E5DEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E5DEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DEC7

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DEC7	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DDC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.032 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede8d8',
    500: '#e5dec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dec7;
$custom-light: #ede8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90003,
    "c": 0.0316,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.73024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DEC7

secondary

#929CBE

accent

#52AF36

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DEC7

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

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