#E9E2CB#E9E2CB

#E9E2CB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.032 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E2CB
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 203)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(46, 13%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 12.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -1.44, 12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 12.18, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(91.22% -0.0016 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(91.22% 0.032 93)
XYZ	xyz(71.5792, 76.0290, 67.3926)
Luminance	0.7603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E2CB #CBD2E9

analogous

#E9D3CB #E9E2CB #E1E9CB

triadic

#E9E2CB #CBE9E2 #E2CBE9

tetradic

#E9E2CB #CBE9D3 #CBD2E9 #E9CBE1

square

#E9E2CB #CBE9D3 #CBD2E9 #E9CBE1

split-complementary

#E9E2CB #CBE1E9 #D3CBE9

monochromatic

#C5B275 #D7CAA0 #E9E2CB #F6F3E9 #F6F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#E9E2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E2CB

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E2CB	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7E1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9E3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.032 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ebda',
    500: '#e9e2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e2cb;
$custom-light: #f0ebda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91221,
    "c": 0.0315,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.76028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E2CB

secondary

#95A0C4

accent

#50B432

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E2CB

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

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