#E0E596#E0E596

#E0E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.101 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0E596
RGB	rgb(224, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(64, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.96, -13.58, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.96, 40.37, 109.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0366 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.101 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.2652, 74.0889, 39.7634)
Luminance	0.7409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0E596 #9B96E5

analogous

#E5C396 #E0E596 #B9E596

triadic

#E0E596 #96E0E5 #E596E0

tetradic

#E0E596 #96E5C3 #9B96E5 #E596B9

square

#E0E596 #96E5C3 #9B96E5 #E596B9

split-complementary

#E0E596 #96B9E5 #C396E5

monochromatic

#C3CD34 #D2D965 #E0E596 #EEF1C7 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E0E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#E0E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0E596

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0E596	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.101 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaedb5',
    500: '#e0e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0e596;
$custom-light: #eaedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.797,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90008,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0E596

secondary

#6761BF

accent

#1EC828

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0E596

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

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