#E2D96B#E2D96B

#E2D96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.132 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D96B
RGB	rgb(226, 217, 107)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 52.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -11.09, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 55.67, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0332 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.132 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.8324, 66.8579, 23.7128)
Luminance	0.6686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D96B #6B74E2

analogous

#E29D6B #E2D96B #B0E26B

triadic

#E2D96B #6BE2D9 #D96BE2

tetradic

#E2D96B #6BE29D #6B74E2 #E26BB0

square

#E2D96B #6BE29D #6B74E2 #E26BB0

split-complementary

#E2D96B #6BB0E2 #9D6BE2

monochromatic

#B0A523 #D8CC38 #E2D96B #ECE69E #F6F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E2D96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#E2D96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D96B

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D96B	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 217, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.132 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede498',
    500: '#e2d96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d96b;
$custom-light: #ede498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 67.232,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87058,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D96B

secondary

#4048B1

accent

#24CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D96B

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

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