#E2DD99#E2DD99

#E2DD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.087 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DD99
RGB	rgb(226, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 32.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.09, -8.46, 34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.09, 35.10, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(88.57% -0.0218 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(88.57% 0.087 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.9708, 70.1829, 40.3603)
Luminance	0.7018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DD99 #999EE2

analogous

#E2B999 #E2DD99 #C3E299

triadic

#E2DD99 #99E2DD #DD99E2

tetradic

#E2DD99 #99E2B9 #999EE2 #E299C3

square

#E2DD99 #99E2B9 #999EE2 #E299C3

split-complementary

#E2DD99 #99C3E2 #B999E2

monochromatic

#C7BD3A #D4CD69 #E2DD99 #F0EDC9 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E2DD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#E2DD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DD99

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DD99	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2dd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.087 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece7b7',
    500: '#e2dd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2dd99;
$custom-light: #ece7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2dd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88571,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DD99

secondary

#646ABB

accent

#2DC322

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DD99

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

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