#E8DEB3#E8DEB3

#E8DEB3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.057 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DEB3
RGB	rgb(232, 222, 179)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(49, 23%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 22.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -3.32, 22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 22.61, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.78% -0.0065 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(89.78% 0.057 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.5367, 72.6543, 53.1050)
Luminance	0.7265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DEB3 #B3BDE8

analogous

#E8C3B3 #E8DEB3 #D7E8B3

triadic

#E8DEB3 #B3E8DE #DEB3E8

tetradic

#E8DEB3 #B3E8C3 #B3BDE8 #E8B3D7

square

#E8DEB3 #B3E8C3 #B3BDE8 #E8B3D7

split-complementary

#E8DEB3 #B3D7E8 #C3B3E8

monochromatic

#CCB555 #DACA84 #E8DEB3 #F6F2E2 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E8DEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E8DEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DEB3

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DEB3	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7DBB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADFB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8deb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 222, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.057 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe8ca',
    500: '#e8deb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8deb3;
$custom-light: #efe8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8deb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89784,
    "c": 0.05739,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DEB3

secondary

#7C89C3

accent

#42C125

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DEB3

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

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