#E9ECDE#E9ECDE

#E9ECDE is a very light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.019 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9ECDE
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 222)
HSL	hsl(73, 27%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(73, 6%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 5.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.83, -3.44, 6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.83, 7.30, 118.15°)
OKLab	oklab(93.7% -0.0084 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(93.7% 0.019 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.7826, 82.5886, 80.9892)
Luminance	0.8259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9ECDE #E1DEEC

analogous

#ECE8DE #E9ECDE #E2ECDE

triadic

#E9ECDE #DEE9EC #ECDEE9

tetradic

#E9ECDE #DEECE8 #E1DEEC #ECDEE2

square

#E9ECDE #DEECE8 #E1DEEC #ECDEE2

split-complementary

#E9ECDE #DEE2EC #E8DEEC

monochromatic

#B5BF90 #CFD6B7 #E9ECDE #F2F4EC #F2F4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#E9ECDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.52

#E9ECDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9ECDE

17.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9ECDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9ECDE	1.00	1.20	17.52	17.52
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEEADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEEBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBEAE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ecde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.019 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f2e8',
    500: '#e9ecde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ecde;
$custom-light: #f0f2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ecde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 26.923,
    "l": 89.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93697,
    "c": 0.01886,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9ECDE

secondary

#AFAAC5

accent

#40A656

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161616

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9ECDE

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

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