#E8DEAD#E8DEAD

#E8DEAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.065 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DEAD
RGB	rgb(232, 222, 173)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(50, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 25.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.17, -4.14, 25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.17, 25.66, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0089 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.065 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.9430, 72.4168, 49.9785)
Luminance	0.7241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DEAD #ADB7E8

analogous

#E8C1AD #E8DEAD #D4E8AD

triadic

#E8DEAD #ADE8DE #DEADE8

tetradic

#E8DEAD #ADE8C1 #ADB7E8 #E8ADD4

square

#E8DEAD #ADE8C1 #ADB7E8 #E8ADD4

split-complementary

#E8DEAD #ADD4E8 #C1ADE8

monochromatic

#CDB84D #DBCB7D #E8DEAD #F5F1DD #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8DEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E8DEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DEAD

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DEAD	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8DBAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 222, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.065 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e8c5',
    500: '#e8dead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dead;
$custom-light: #f0e8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89657,
    "c": 0.06479,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DEAD

secondary

#7683C3

accent

#3DC422

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DEAD

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

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