#E2D897#E2D897

#E2D897 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.084 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D897
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 33.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, -6.16, 33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 33.91, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% -0.0153 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.084 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.5065, 67.5163, 39.0641)
Luminance	0.6752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D897 #97A1E2

analogous

#E2B397 #E2D897 #C7E297

triadic

#E2D897 #97E2D8 #D897E2

tetradic

#E2D897 #97E2B3 #97A1E2 #E297C7

square

#E2D897 #97E2B3 #97A1E2 #E297C7

split-complementary

#E2D897 #97C7E2 #B397E2

monochromatic

#C7B438 #D5C667 #E2D897 #EFEAC7 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E2D897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#E2D897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D897

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D897	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)

#E4D492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.084 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece3b6',
    500: '#e2d897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d897;
$custom-light: #ece3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87513,
    "c": 0.0843,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D897

secondary

#626EBB

accent

#37C422

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D897

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

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