#E2D397#E2D397

#E2D397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.079 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D397
RGB	rgb(226, 211, 151)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 33.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.48, -3.60, 31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.48, 31.84, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.008 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.079 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.2450, 64.9933, 38.6436)
Luminance	0.6499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D397 #97A6E2

analogous

#E2AE97 #E2D397 #CCE297

triadic

#E2D397 #97E2D3 #D397E2

tetradic

#E2D397 #97E2AE #97A6E2 #E297CC

square

#E2D397 #97E2AE #97A6E2 #E297CC

split-complementary

#E2D397 #97CCE2 #AE97E2

monochromatic

#C7AA38 #D5BF67 #E2D397 #EFE7C7 #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E2D397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#E2D397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D397

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D397	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 211, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.079 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece0b6',
    500: '#e2d397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d397;
$custom-light: #ece0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86498,
    "c": 0.07928,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D397

secondary

#6274BB

accent

#42C422

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D397

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

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