#E5E9CD#E5E9CD

#E5E9CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.037 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5E9CD
RGB	rgb(229, 233, 205)
HSL	hsl(69, 39%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(69, 12%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 12%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.39, -6.10, 13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.39, 14.51, 114.87°)
OKLab	oklab(92.36% -0.015 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(92.36% 0.037 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.4701, 79.3439, 69.2428)
Luminance	0.7934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5E9CD #D1CDE9

analogous

#E9DFCD #E5E9CD #D7E9CD

triadic

#E5E9CD #CDE5E9 #E9CDE5

tetradic

#E5E9CD #CDE9DF #D1CDE9 #E9CDD7

square

#E5E9CD #CDE9DF #D1CDE9 #E9CDD7

split-complementary

#E5E9CD #CDD7E9 #DFCDE9

monochromatic

#B9C478 #CFD6A2 #E5E9CD #F4F6EA #F4F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#E5E9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.87

#E5E9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5E9CD

16.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5E9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5E9CD	1.00	1.24	16.87	16.87
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEE6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5e9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 233, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.037 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0dc',
    500: '#e5e9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5e9cd;
$custom-light: #edf0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5e9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 85.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92357,
    "c": 0.0373,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5E9CD

secondary

#9D97C3

accent

#34B246

background

#FEFFFE

surface

#FDFEFC

border

#D5D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#848584

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5E9CD

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

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