#E5E2CB#E5E2CB

#E5E2CB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.031 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E2CB
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 203)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(53, 11%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 11.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.56, -2.86, 11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.56, 11.96, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0058 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.031 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.2878, 75.3631, 67.3321)
Luminance	0.7536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E2CB #CBCEE5

analogous

#E5D5CB #E5E2CB #DBE5CB

triadic

#E5E2CB #CBE5E2 #E2CBE5

tetradic

#E5E2CB #CBE5D5 #CBCEE5 #E5CBDB

square

#E5E2CB #CBE5D5 #CBCEE5 #E5CBDB

split-complementary

#E5E2CB #CBDBE5 #D5CBE5

monochromatic

#BCB479 #D1CBA2 #E5E2CB #F5F4EB #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E5E2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#E5E2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E2CB

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E2CB	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7E0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8E2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.031 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebda',
    500: '#e5e2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e2cb;
$custom-light: #edebda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 84.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90901,
    "c": 0.03077,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E2CB

secondary

#969BBE

accent

#47AC39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E2CB

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

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