#E2E2AD#E2E2AD

#E2E2AD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.069 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E2AD
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 173)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(60, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -8.40, 26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 27.33, 107.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.021 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.069 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.1031, 73.5795, 50.2470)
Luminance	0.7358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E2AD #ADADE2

analogous

#E2C7AD #E2E2AD #C7E2AD

triadic

#E2E2AD #ADE2E2 #E2ADE2

tetradic

#E2E2AD #ADE2C7 #ADADE2 #E2ADC7

square

#E2E2AD #ADE2C7 #ADADE2 #E2ADC7

split-complementary

#E2E2AD #ADC7E2 #C7ADE2

monochromatic

#C2C253 #D2D280 #E2E2AD #F2F2DA #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E2E2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E2E2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E2AD

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E2AD	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDDAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECE0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.069 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebebc5',
    500: '#e2e2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e2ad;
$custom-light: #ebebc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89981,
    "c": 0.06911,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E2AD

secondary

#7878BB

accent

#2ABB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E2AD

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

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