#E5E2CE#E5E2CE

#E5E2CE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.027 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E2CE
RGB	rgb(229, 226, 206)
HSL	hsl(52, 31%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(52, 10%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 10%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.63, -2.38, 10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.63, 10.41, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.98% -0.0046 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(90.98% 0.027 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.6488, 75.5075, 69.2331)
Luminance	0.7551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E2CE #CED1E5

analogous

#E5D6CE #E5E2CE #DCE5CE

triadic

#E5E2CE #CEE5E2 #E2CEE5

tetradic

#E5E2CE #CEE5D6 #CED1E5 #E5CEDC

square

#E5E2CE #CEE5D6 #CED1E5 #E5CEDC

split-complementary

#E5E2CE #CEDCE5 #D6CEE5

monochromatic

#BBB37E #D0CAA6 #E5E2CE #F4F3EB #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E5E2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#E5E2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E2CE

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E2CE	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6E0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7E2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 226, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.027 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebdd',
    500: '#e5e2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e2ce;
$custom-light: #edebdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90976,
    "c": 0.02685,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E2CE

secondary

#9A9EBE

accent

#4AA93C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161615

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E2CE

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

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