#E9DEAD#E9DEAD

#E9DEAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.065 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DEAD
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 173)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(49, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 25.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -3.77, 25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 25.72, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0078 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.065 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.2686, 72.5847, 49.9937)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DEAD #ADB8E9

analogous

#E9C0AD #E9DEAD #D6E9AD

triadic

#E9DEAD #ADE9DE #DEADE9

tetradic

#E9DEAD #ADE9C0 #ADB8E9 #E9ADD6

square

#E9DEAD #ADE9C0 #ADB8E9 #E9ADD6

split-complementary

#E9DEAD #ADD6E9 #C0ADE9

monochromatic

#CFB74C #DCCB7D #E9DEAD #F6F1DD #F9F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9DEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E9DEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DEAD

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DEAD	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8DBAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.065 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e8c5',
    500: '#e9dead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dead;
$custom-light: #f0e8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8974,
    "c": 0.06495,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DEAD

secondary

#7684C5

accent

#3EC520

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DEAD

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

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