#E5DEC9#E5DEC9

#E5DEC9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.029 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DEC9
RGB	rgb(229, 222, 201)
HSL	hsl(45, 35%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(45, 12%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 12.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.50, -1.13, 11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.50, 11.21, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0008 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.029 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.9760, 73.1184, 65.7266)
Luminance	0.7312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DEC9 #C9D0E5

analogous

#E5D0C9 #E5DEC9 #DEE5C9

triadic

#E5DEC9 #C9E5DE #DEC9E5

tetradic

#E5DEC9 #C9E5D0 #C9D0E5 #E5C9DE

square

#E5DEC9 #C9E5D0 #C9D0E5 #E5C9DE

split-complementary

#E5DEC9 #C9DEE5 #D0C9E5

monochromatic

#BDAC76 #D1C5A0 #E5DEC9 #F5F2EA #F5F2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E5DEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#E5DEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DEC9

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DEC9	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DDC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DFCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 222, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.029 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede8d9',
    500: '#e5dec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dec9;
$custom-light: #ede8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90052,
    "c": 0.02906,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DEC9

secondary

#949FBE

accent

#55AE38

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DEC9

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

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