#E1E4C5Frost (#E1E4C5) is a very light, muted yellow with an OKLCH hue of 112°, lightness 0.91 and chroma 0.041. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #E1E4C5 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 228, 197) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 36%, 83%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 14%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1%, 0%, 14%, 11%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(89.6 -6.2 14.8) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.908 0.041 112) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Frost shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: drifts toward yellow-green. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#eadeb7 — ΔE 2.1, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#e9e5c1 — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#e1e4c5 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#e1e5c8 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: drifts toward yellow-greenTest Frost in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.3:1 and against black 16.11:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#e1e4c5 · #c9ccaf · #a2a58b · #7d7f68 · #595b47 · #383a29
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#e1e4c5 · #dbce98 · #d2b688 · #c59f7d · #b58a74 · #a3766d
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#e1e4c5 · #abc8ba · #a2a577 · #569176 · #666940 · #355144
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#e1e4c5 · #bdbfaf · #9b9e81 · #6a6292 · #3d3f28 · #212314
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e1e4c5 · #c3c2ca · #898a80 · #525257 · #222219 · #010102
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e1e4c5 · #9c9d8e · #40412f · #232411 · #040400 · #c7cd4e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e1e4c5 · #c3c1d1 · #8983ab · #534a78 · #231b3d · #010100
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e1e4c5 · #c3c1d1 · #7589ae · #66446b · #102040 · #030004
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e1e4c5 · #b6c7d0 · #6390a7 · #724057 · #371225 · #00050c
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e1e4c5 · #b4c8ca · #5b9498 · #534a78 · #3b1213 · #010007
#E4E7CC · #E8EAD2 · #EBEDD9 · #EEF0E0 · #F2F3E7
#B7BA9E · #8F9179 · #696B56 · #454735 · #242517
#E1E3CB · #E1E3D1 · #E1E2D7
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.