#E1E596#E1E596

#E1E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.101 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1E596
RGB	rgb(225, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(63, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -13.20, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 40.35, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0356 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.101 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.5761, 74.2492, 39.7779)
Luminance	0.7425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1E596 #9A96E5

analogous

#E5C296 #E1E596 #BAE596

triadic

#E1E596 #96E1E5 #E596E1

tetradic

#E1E596 #96E5C2 #9A96E5 #E596BA

square

#E1E596 #96E5C2 #9A96E5 #E596BA

split-complementary

#E1E596 #96BAE5 #C296E5

monochromatic

#C5CD34 #D3D965 #E1E596 #EFF1C7 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E1E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E1E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1E596

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1E596	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.101 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebedb5',
    500: '#e1e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1e596;
$custom-light: #ebedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.038,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90087,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1E596

secondary

#6561BF

accent

#1EC826

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1E596

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

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