#E2D697#E2D697

#E2D697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.082 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D697
RGB	rgb(226, 214, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 33.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -5.14, 32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 33.06, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0124 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.082 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.9973, 66.4978, 38.8943)
Luminance	0.6650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D697 #97A3E2

analogous

#E2B197 #E2D697 #C9E297

triadic

#E2D697 #97E2D6 #D697E2

tetradic

#E2D697 #97E2B1 #97A3E2 #E297C9

square

#E2D697 #97E2B1 #97A3E2 #E297C9

split-complementary

#E2D697 #97C9E2 #B197E2

monochromatic

#C7B038 #D5C367 #E2D697 #EFE9C7 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E2D697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#E2D697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D697

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D697	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 214, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.082 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece2b6',
    500: '#e2d697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d697;
$custom-light: #ece2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87106,
    "c": 0.08223,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D697

secondary

#6270BB

accent

#3CC422

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D697

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

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