#E6DEAD#E6DEAD

#E6DEAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.065 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DEAD
RGB	rgb(230, 222, 173)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(52, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 24.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -4.89, 25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 25.55, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.011 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.065 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.2973, 72.0839, 49.9482)
Luminance	0.7208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DEAD #ADB5E6

analogous

#E6C2AD #E6DEAD #D2E6AD

triadic

#E6DEAD #ADE6DE #DEADE6

tetradic

#E6DEAD #ADE6C2 #ADB5E6 #E6ADD2

square

#E6DEAD #ADE6C2 #ADB5E6 #E6ADD2

split-complementary

#E6DEAD #ADD2E6 #C2ADE6

monochromatic

#C9B84F #D8CB7E #E6DEAD #F4F1DC #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E6DEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E6DEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DEAD

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DEAD	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8DBAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 222, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.065 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee8c5',
    500: '#e6dead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dead;
$custom-light: #eee8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89492,
    "c": 0.06453,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DEAD

secondary

#7781C1

accent

#3BC125

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DEAD

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

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