#E2E299#E2E299

#E2E299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.093 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E299
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 32.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.38, -10.97, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.38, 37.42, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.6% -0.029 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(89.6% 0.093 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.3106, 72.8625, 40.8069)
Luminance	0.7286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E299 #9999E2

analogous

#E2BE99 #E2E299 #BEE299

triadic

#E2E299 #99E2E2 #E299E2

tetradic

#E2E299 #99E2BE #9999E2 #E299BE

square

#E2E299 #99E2BE #9999E2 #E299BE

split-complementary

#E2E299 #99BEE2 #BE99E2

monochromatic

#C7C73A #D4D469 #E2E299 #F0F0C9 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E2E299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E2E299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E299

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E299	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.093 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecebb7',
    500: '#e2e299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e299;
$custom-light: #ecebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89598,
    "c": 0.09328,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E299

secondary

#6464BB

accent

#22C322

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E299

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

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