#E5ECD8#E5ECD8

#E5ECD8 is a very light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.028 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5ECD8
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 216)
HSL	hsl(81, 34%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(81, 8%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 8.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.40, -5.82, 8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.40, 10.63, 123.22°)
OKLab	oklab(93.24% -0.0149 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(93.24% 0.028 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.7013, 81.6068, 76.7687)
Luminance	0.8161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5ECD8 #DFD8EC

analogous

#ECE9D8 #E5ECD8 #DBECD8

triadic

#E5ECD8 #D8E5EC #ECD8E5

tetradic

#E5ECD8 #D8ECE9 #DFD8EC #ECD8DB

square

#E5ECD8 #D8ECE9 #DFD8EC #ECD8DB

split-complementary

#E5ECD8 #D8DBEC #E9D8EC

monochromatic

#AEC486 #CAD8AF #E5ECD8 #F1F5EA #F1F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#E5ECD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.32

#E5ECD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5ECD8

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5ECD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5ECD8	1.00	1.21	17.32	17.32
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7EAE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ecd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.028 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf2e4',
    500: '#e5ecd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ecd8;
$custom-light: #edf2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ecd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 88.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93237,
    "c": 0.02758,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5ECD8

secondary

#AFA2C6

accent

#38AD61

background

#FEFFFE

surface

#FDFEFC

border

#D5D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#848584

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5ECD8

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

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