#E9ECD8#E9ECD8

#E9ECD8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.027 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9ECD8
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 216)
HSL	hsl(69, 34%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(69, 8%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 8.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.69, -4.45, 9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.69, 10.35, 115.43°)
OKLab	oklab(93.54% -0.0108 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(93.54% 0.027 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.9927, 82.2726, 76.8292)
Luminance	0.8227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9ECD8 #DBD8EC

analogous

#ECE5D8 #E9ECD8 #DFECD8

triadic

#E9ECD8 #D8E9EC #ECD8E9

tetradic

#E9ECD8 #D8ECE5 #DBD8EC #ECD8DF

square

#E9ECD8 #D8ECE5 #DBD8EC #ECD8DF

split-complementary

#E9ECD8 #D8DFEC #E5D8EC

monochromatic

#BBC486 #D2D8AF #E9ECD8 #F3F5EA #F3F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#E9ECD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.45

#E9ECD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9ECD8

17.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9ECD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9ECD8	1.00	1.20	17.45	17.45
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFEAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFEAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE9E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ecd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.027 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f2e4',
    500: '#e9ecd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ecd8;
$custom-light: #f0f2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ecd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 88.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93542,
    "c": 0.02669,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.82272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9ECD8

secondary

#A7A2C6

accent

#38AD4A

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9ECD8

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

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