#E9E7CD#E9E7CD

#E9E7CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.034 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E7CD
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 205)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(56, 12%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 12%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.18, -3.68, 12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.18, 13.43, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(92.27% -0.008 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(92.27% 0.034 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.1985, 78.8838, 69.1157)
Luminance	0.7888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E7CD #CDCFE9

analogous

#E9D9CD #E9E7CD #DDE9CD

triadic

#E9E7CD #CDE9E7 #E7CDE9

tetradic

#E9E7CD #CDE9D9 #CDCFE9 #E9CDDD

square

#E9E7CD #CDE9D9 #CDCFE9 #E9CDDD

split-complementary

#E9E7CD #CDDDE9 #D9CDE9

monochromatic

#C4BE78 #D6D3A2 #E9E7CD #F6F5EA #F6F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E9E7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#E9E7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E7CD

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E7CD	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECE5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEE3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.034 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eedc',
    500: '#e9e7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e7cd;
$custom-light: #f0eedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 85.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92267,
    "c": 0.03448,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E7CD

secondary

#979AC3

accent

#3DB234

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E7CD

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

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