#E5E5CE#E5E5CE

#E5E5CE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.031 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E5CE
RGB	rgb(229, 229, 206)
HSL	hsl(60, 31%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(60, 10%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -3.91, 11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 11.89, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0089 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.031 107)
XYZ	xyz(71.4717, 77.1533, 69.5074)
Luminance	0.7715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E5CE #CECEE5

analogous

#E5D9CE #E5E5CE #D9E5CE

triadic

#E5E5CE #CEE5E5 #E5CEE5

tetradic

#E5E5CE #CEE5D9 #CECEE5 #E5CED9

square

#E5E5CE #CEE5D9 #CECEE5 #E5CED9

split-complementary

#E5E5CE #CED9E5 #D9CEE5

monochromatic

#BBBB7E #D0D0A6 #E5E5CE #F4F4EB #F4F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E5E5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#E5E5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E5CE

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E5CE	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9E3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAE4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 229, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.031 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededdd',
    500: '#e5e5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e5ce;
$custom-light: #ededdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91577,
    "c": 0.03055,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.77153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E5CE

secondary

#9A9ABE

accent

#3CA93C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161615

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E5CE

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

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