#E2D899#E2D899

#E2D899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.082 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D899
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 32.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, -5.92, 32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 32.90, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.0145 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.082 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.6703, 67.5819, 39.9268)
Luminance	0.6758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D899 #99A3E2

analogous

#E2B499 #E2D899 #C8E299

triadic

#E2D899 #99E2D8 #D899E2

tetradic

#E2D899 #99E2B4 #99A3E2 #E299C8

square

#E2D899 #99E2B4 #99A3E2 #E299C8

split-complementary

#E2D899 #99C8E2 #B499E2

monochromatic

#C7B43A #D4C669 #E2D899 #F0EAC9 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E2D899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#E2D899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D899

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D899	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.082 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece3b7',
    500: '#e2d899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d899;
$custom-light: #ece3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8755,
    "c": 0.08193,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D899

secondary

#6470BB

accent

#38C322

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D899

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

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