#E5EDD9#E5EDD9
#E5EDD9 is a very light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.028 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5EDD9 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 237, 217) |
| HSL | hsl(84, 36%, 89%) |
| HSV | hsv(84, 8%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.68, -6.16, 8.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(92.68, 10.72, 125.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.46% -0.0159 0.0229) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.46% 0.028 124.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(75.1197, 82.2361, 77.5479) |
| Luminance | 0.8224 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Beige
#F5F5DC
ΔE00 4.01
Honeydew
#F0FFF0
ΔE00 4.67
Off White (survey)
#FFFFE4
ΔE00 5.45
Ivory
#FFFFF0
ΔE00 5.83
Lightyellow
#FFFFE0
ΔE00 5.96
Eggshell
#F0EAD6
ΔE00 6.10
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5EDD9 #E1D9ED
analogous
#EDEBD9 #E5EDD9 #DBEDD9
triadic
#E5EDD9 #D9E5ED #EDD9E5
tetradic
#E5EDD9 #D9EDEB #E1D9ED #EDD9DB
square
#E5EDD9 #D9EDEB #E1D9ED #EDD9DB
split-complementary
#E5EDD9 #D9DBED #EBD9ED
monochromatic
#ACC686 #C9D9AF #E5EDD9 #F1F5EA #F1F5EA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.20
#E5EDD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.45
#E5EDD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5EDD9
17.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5EDD9 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5EDD9 | 1.00 | 1.20 | 17.45 | 17.45 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F0EAD8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EEEADA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E6EBE7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EAEAEA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5edd9; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 237, 217); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.028 124.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edf2e4',
500: '#e5edd9',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5edd9; $custom-light: #edf2e4; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5edd9",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 237,
"b": 217
},
"hsl": {
"h": 84,
"s": 35.714,
"l": 89.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93464,
"c": 0.02787,
"h": 124.8
},
"luminance": 0.82236
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5EDD9
secondary
#B1A3C8
accent
#37AF67
background
#FEFFFE
surface
#FDFEFC
border
#D5D6D5
text
#161715
muted
#848584