#E5E1CD#E5E1CD

#E5E1CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.027 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E1CD
RGB	rgb(229, 225, 205)
HSL	hsl(50, 32%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(50, 10%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 10.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -2.03, 10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 10.47, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.0036 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.027 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.2566, 74.9168, 68.5050)
Luminance	0.7492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E1CD #CDD1E5

analogous

#E5D5CD #E5E1CD #DDE5CD

triadic

#E5E1CD #CDE5E1 #E1CDE5

tetradic

#E5E1CD #CDE5D5 #CDD1E5 #E5CDDD

square

#E5E1CD #CDE5D5 #CDD1E5 #E5CDDD

split-complementary

#E5E1CD #CDDDE5 #D5CDE5

monochromatic

#BBB17C #D0C9A5 #E5E1CD #F5F3EB #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#E5E1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E1CD

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E1CD	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5E0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7E1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 225, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.027 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeadc',
    500: '#e5e1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e1cd;
$custom-light: #edeadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90751,
    "c": 0.02702,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E1CD

secondary

#999FBE

accent

#4EAA3B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161615

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E1CD

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

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