#E9EDCD#E9EDCD

#E9EDCD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.042 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EDCD
RGB	rgb(233, 237, 205)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(68, 14%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 13.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.71, -6.72, 15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.71, 16.50, 114.03°)
OKLab	oklab(93.47% -0.0165 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(93.47% 0.042 113)
XYZ	xyz(74.9067, 82.3002, 69.6851)
Luminance	0.8230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EDCD #D1CDED

analogous

#EDE1CD #E9EDCD #D9EDCD

triadic

#E9EDCD #CDE9ED #EDCDE9

tetradic

#E9EDCD #CDEDE1 #D1CDED #EDCDD9

square

#E9EDCD #CDEDE1 #D1CDED #EDCDD9

split-complementary

#E9EDCD #CDD9ED #E1CDED

monochromatic

#C1CD73 #D5DDA0 #E9EDCD #F5F7E8 #F5F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#E9EDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.46

#E9EDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EDCD

17.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EDCD	1.00	1.20	17.46	17.46
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2EACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2EACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE9E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9edcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 237, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.042 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f2dc',
    500: '#e9edcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9edcd;
$custom-light: #f0f2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9edcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93471,
    "c": 0.04236,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EDCD

secondary

#9B95C9

accent

#2BBA3D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161715

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EDCD

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

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