#E2E199#E2E199

#E2E199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.092 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E199
RGB	rgb(226, 225, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 32.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.12, -10.47, 35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.12, 36.95, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0276 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.092 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.0395, 72.3202, 40.7165)
Luminance	0.7232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E199 #999AE2

analogous

#E2BD99 #E2E199 #BFE299

triadic

#E2E199 #99E2E1 #E199E2

tetradic

#E2E199 #99E2BD #999AE2 #E299BF

square

#E2E199 #99E2BD #999AE2 #E299BF

split-complementary

#E2E199 #99BFE2 #BD99E2

monochromatic

#C7C53A #D4D369 #E2E199 #F0EFC9 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E2E199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#E2E199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E199

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E199	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 225, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.092 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eceab7',
    500: '#e2e199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e199;
$custom-light: #eceab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89392,
    "c": 0.09208,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E199

secondary

#6465BB

accent

#24C322

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E199

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

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