#E2E196#E2E196

#E2E196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.096 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E196
RGB	rgb(226, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 33.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -10.83, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 38.44, 106.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0288 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.096 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7948, 72.2224, 39.4279)
Luminance	0.7222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E196 #9697E2

analogous

#E2BB96 #E2E196 #BDE296

triadic

#E2E196 #96E2E1 #E196E2

tetradic

#E2E196 #96E2BB #9697E2 #E296BD

square

#E2E196 #96E2BB #9697E2 #E296BD

split-complementary

#E2E196 #96BDE2 #BB96E2

monochromatic

#C7C537 #D5D366 #E2E196 #EFEFC6 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E2E196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E2E196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E196

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E196	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDB91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.096 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eceab5',
    500: '#e2e196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e196;
$custom-light: #eceab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.211,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8934,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E196

secondary

#6162BB

accent

#23C421

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E196

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

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