#E5DEC8#E5DEC8

#E5DEC8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.030 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DEC8
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 200)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(46, 13%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 12.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.48, -1.29, 11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.48, 11.72, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0012 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.03 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.8588, 73.0715, 65.1091)
Luminance	0.7307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DEC8 #C8CFE5

analogous

#E5D0C8 #E5DEC8 #DEE5C8

triadic

#E5DEC8 #C8E5DE #DEC8E5

tetradic

#E5DEC8 #C8E5D0 #C8CFE5 #E5C8DE

square

#E5DEC8 #C8E5D0 #C8CFE5 #E5C8DE

split-complementary

#E5DEC8 #C8DEE5 #D0C8E5

monochromatic

#BEAC75 #D1C59E #E5DEC8 #F5F3EA #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5DEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#E5DEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DEC8

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DEC8	1.00	1.34	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DDC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.030 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede8d8',
    500: '#e5dec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dec8;
$custom-light: #ede8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90027,
    "c": 0.03033,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DEC8

secondary

#939DBE

accent

#54AF37

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DEC8

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

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