#E2E296#E2E296

#E2E296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.097 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E296
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 33.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -11.33, 37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 38.91, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.55% -0.0302 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(89.55% 0.097 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.0660, 72.7646, 39.5183)
Luminance	0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E296 #9696E2

analogous

#E2BC96 #E2E296 #BCE296

triadic

#E2E296 #96E2E2 #E296E2

tetradic

#E2E296 #96E2BC #9696E2 #E296BC

square

#E2E296 #96E2BC #9696E2 #E296BC

split-complementary

#E2E296 #96BCE2 #BC96E2

monochromatic

#C7C737 #D5D566 #E2E296 #EFEFC6 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E2E296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E2E296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E296

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E296	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.097 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecebb5',
    500: '#e2e296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e296;
$custom-light: #ecebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89546,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E296

secondary

#6161BB

accent

#21C421

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E296

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

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