#E8E5CD#E8E5CD

#E8E5CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.032 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E5CD
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 205)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(53, 12%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 11.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.60, -3.02, 12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.60, 12.44, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.0062 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.032 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.3163, 77.6028, 68.9149)
Luminance	0.7760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E5CD #CDD0E8

analogous

#E8D7CD #E8E5CD #DDE8CD

triadic

#E8E5CD #CDE8E5 #E5CDE8

tetradic

#E8E5CD #CDE8D7 #CDD0E8 #E8CDDD

square

#E8E5CD #CDE8D7 #CDD0E8 #E8CDDD

split-complementary

#E8E5CD #CDDDE8 #D7CDE8

monochromatic

#C1B979 #D5CFA3 #E8E5CD #F5F4EA #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8E5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#E8E5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E5CD

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E5CD	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAE3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBE5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.032 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeddc',
    500: '#e8e5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e5cd;
$custom-light: #efeddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 36.986,
    "l": 85.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91788,
    "c": 0.032,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E5CD

secondary

#979CC2

accent

#43B036

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFC

border

#D6D5D5

text

#161615

muted

#858484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E5CD

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

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