#E2DE99#E2DE99

#E2DE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.089 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2DE99
RGB	rgb(226, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 32.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.35, -8.96, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.35, 35.56, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0233 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.089 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.2356, 70.7125, 40.4485)
Luminance	0.7071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2DE99 #999DE2

analogous

#E2BA99 #E2DE99 #C2E299

triadic

#E2DE99 #99E2DE #DE99E2

tetradic

#E2DE99 #99E2BA #999DE2 #E299C2

square

#E2DE99 #99E2BA #999DE2 #E299C2

split-complementary

#E2DE99 #99C2E2 #BA99E2

monochromatic

#C7BF3A #D4CF69 #E2DE99 #F0EDC9 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E2DE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#E2DE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2DE99

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2DE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2DE99	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2de99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.089 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece8b7',
    500: '#e2de99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2de99;
$custom-light: #ece8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2de99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88776,
    "c": 0.08857,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2DE99

secondary

#6469BB

accent

#2BC322

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2DE99

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

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