#E2D796#E2D796

#E2D796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.084 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D796
RGB	rgb(226, 215, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 33.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -5.77, 33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 33.99, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0143 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.084 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.1702, 66.9732, 38.5531)
Luminance	0.6697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D796 #96A1E2

analogous

#E2B196 #E2D796 #C7E296

triadic

#E2D796 #96E2D7 #D796E2

tetradic

#E2D796 #96E2B1 #96A1E2 #E296C7

square

#E2D796 #96E2B1 #96A1E2 #E296C7

split-complementary

#E2D796 #96C7E2 #B196E2

monochromatic

#C7B237 #D5C566 #E2D796 #EFE9C6 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E2D796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E2D796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D796

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D796	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 215, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.084 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece3b5',
    500: '#e2d796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d796;
$custom-light: #ece3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87291,
    "c": 0.08442,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D796

secondary

#616EBB

accent

#39C421

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D796

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

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