#E5E8CD#E5E8CD

#E5E8CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.036 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E8CD
RGB	rgb(229, 232, 205)
HSL	hsl(67, 37%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(67, 12%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 11.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.13, -5.60, 12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.13, 13.97, 113.61°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.0136 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.036 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.1878, 78.7793, 69.1488)
Luminance	0.7878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E8CD #D0CDE8

analogous

#E8DDCD #E5E8CD #D7E8CD

triadic

#E5E8CD #CDE5E8 #E8CDE5

tetradic

#E5E8CD #CDE8DD #D0CDE8 #E8CDD7

square

#E5E8CD #CDE8DD #D0CDE8 #E8CDD7

split-complementary

#E5E8CD #CDD7E8 #DDCDE8

monochromatic

#B9C179 #CFD5A3 #E5E8CD #F4F5EA #F4F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E5E8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#E5E8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E8CD

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E8CD	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDE5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 232, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.036 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefdc',
    500: '#e5e8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e8cd;
$custom-light: #edefdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 36.986,
    "l": 85.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92155,
    "c": 0.03591,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E8CD

secondary

#9C97C2

accent

#36B043

background

#FEFFFE

surface

#FDFEFC

border

#D5D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#848584

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E8CD

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

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