#E2D997#E2D997

#E2D997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.085 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D997
RGB	rgb(226, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 33.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -6.67, 33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 34.34, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0168 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.085 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.7635, 68.0303, 39.1497)
Luminance	0.6803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D997 #97A0E2

analogous

#E2B497 #E2D997 #C6E297

triadic

#E2D997 #97E2D9 #D997E2

tetradic

#E2D997 #97E2B4 #97A0E2 #E297C6

square

#E2D997 #97E2B4 #97A0E2 #E297C6

split-complementary

#E2D997 #97C6E2 #B497E2

monochromatic

#C7B638 #D5C867 #E2D997 #EFEAC7 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E2D997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#E2D997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D997

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D997	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.085 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece4b6',
    500: '#e2d997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d997;
$custom-light: #ece4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87717,
    "c": 0.08536,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D997

secondary

#626DBB

accent

#35C422

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D997

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

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