#E2D596#E2D596

#E2D596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.082 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D596
RGB	rgb(226, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 33.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -4.75, 32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 33.15, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0113 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.082 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.6641, 65.9609, 38.3843)
Luminance	0.6596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D596 #96A3E2

analogous

#E2AF96 #E2D596 #C9E296

triadic

#E2D596 #96E2D5 #D596E2

tetradic

#E2D596 #96E2AF #96A3E2 #E296C9

square

#E2D596 #96E2AF #96A3E2 #E296C9

split-complementary

#E2D596 #96C9E2 #AF96E2

monochromatic

#C7AE37 #D5C266 #E2D596 #EFE8C6 #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E2D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#E2D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D596

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D596	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.082 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece1b5',
    500: '#e2d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d596;
$custom-light: #ece1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.737,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86885,
    "c": 0.0824,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D596

secondary

#6171BB

accent

#3DC421

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D596

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

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