#E2E2AE#E2E2AE

#E2E2AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.068 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E2AE
RGB	rgb(226, 226, 174)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(60, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -8.26, 25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 26.82, 107.94°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0206 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.068 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.2002, 73.6183, 50.7585)
Luminance	0.7362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E2AE #AEAEE2

analogous

#E2C8AE #E2E2AE #C8E2AE

triadic

#E2E2AE #AEE2E2 #E2AEE2

tetradic

#E2E2AE #AEE2C8 #AEAEE2 #E2AEC8

square

#E2E2AE #AEE2C8 #AEAEE2 #E2AEC8

split-complementary

#E2E2AE #AEC8E2 #C8AEE2

monochromatic

#C2C254 #D2D281 #E2E2AE #F2F2DB #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E2E2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E2E2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E2AE

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E2AE	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)

#EBDEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECE0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 226, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.068 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebebc6',
    500: '#e2e2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e2ae;
$custom-light: #ebebc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90002,
    "c": 0.06787,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E2AE

secondary

#7979BB

accent

#2BBB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E2AE

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

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