#E2E2AA#E2E2AA

#E2E2AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.073 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E2AA
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 170)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(60, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 24.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.67, -8.81, 27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.67, 28.85, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0222 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.073 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.8160, 73.4646, 48.7353)
Luminance	0.7346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E2AA #AAAAE2

analogous

#E2C6AA #E2E2AA #C6E2AA

triadic

#E2E2AA #AAE2E2 #E2AAE2

tetradic

#E2E2AA #AAE2C6 #AAAAE2 #E2AAC6

square

#E2E2AA #AAE2C6 #AAAAE2 #E2AAC6

split-complementary

#E2E2AA #AAC6E2 #C6AAE2

monochromatic

#C3C34F #D2D27C #E2E2AA #F2F2D8 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E2E2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E2E2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E2AA

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E2AA	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDDA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECE0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.073 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebebc3',
    500: '#e2e2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e2aa;
$custom-light: #ebebc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8992,
    "c": 0.07283,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E2AA

secondary

#7575BB

accent

#29BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E2AA

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

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