#E2D896#E2D896

#E2D896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.085 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D896
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 33.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.75, -6.28, 33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.75, 34.41, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0157 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.085 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4257, 67.4840, 38.6382)
Luminance	0.6748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D896 #96A0E2

analogous

#E2B296 #E2D896 #C6E296

triadic

#E2D896 #96E2D8 #D896E2

tetradic

#E2D896 #96E2B2 #96A0E2 #E296C6

square

#E2D896 #96E2B2 #96A0E2 #E296C6

split-complementary

#E2D896 #96C6E2 #B296E2

monochromatic

#C7B437 #D5C666 #E2D896 #EFEAC6 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E2D896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#E2D896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D896

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D896	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.085 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece3b5',
    500: '#e2d896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d896;
$custom-light: #ece3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87495,
    "c": 0.08547,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D896

secondary

#616DBB

accent

#37C421

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D896

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

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