#E8E2CD#E8E2CD

#E8E2CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.029 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E2CD
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 205)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(47, 12%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 11.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -1.48, 10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 11.09, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.0019 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.029 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.4934, 75.9570, 68.6406)
Luminance	0.7596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E2CD #CDD3E8

analogous

#E8D4CD #E8E2CD #E0E8CD

triadic

#E8E2CD #CDE8E2 #E2CDE8

tetradic

#E8E2CD #CDE8D4 #CDD3E8 #E8CDE0

square

#E8E2CD #CDE8D4 #CDD3E8 #E8CDE0

split-complementary

#E8E2CD #CDE0E8 #D4CDE8

monochromatic

#C1B179 #D5CAA3 #E8E2CD #F5F3EA #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E8E2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#E8E2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E2CD

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E2CD	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7E1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9E3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.029 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efebdc',
    500: '#e8e2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e2cd;
$custom-light: #efebdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 36.986,
    "l": 85.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9119,
    "c": 0.0287,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E2CD

secondary

#97A1C2

accent

#51B036

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFC

border

#D6D5D5

text

#161615

muted

#858484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E2CD

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

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