#E5ECBD#E5ECBD

#E5ECBD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.062 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5ECBD
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 189)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(69, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 19.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.83, -10.06, 22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.83, 24.25, 114.52°)
OKLab	oklab(92.6% -0.0257 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(92.6% 0.062 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.4931, 80.3235, 59.8719)
Luminance	0.8032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5ECBD #C4BDEC

analogous

#ECDBBD #E5ECBD #CDECBD

triadic

#E5ECBD #BDE5EC #ECBDE5

tetradic

#E5ECBD #BDECDB #C4BDEC #ECBDCD

square

#E5ECBD #BDECDB #C4BDEC #ECBDCD

split-complementary

#E5ECBD #BDCDEC #DBBDEC

monochromatic

#C0D15E #D2DE8D #E5ECBD #F6F8E7 #F6F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#E5ECBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.06

#E5ECBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5ECBD

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5ECBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5ECBD	1.00	1.23	17.06	17.06
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ecbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.062 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf2d1',
    500: '#e5ecbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ecbd;
$custom-light: #edf2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ecbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.936,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92597,
    "c": 0.06194,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5ECBD

secondary

#8F84C9

accent

#23C33B

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#161614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5ECBD

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

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