#E2E495#E2E495

#E2E495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.100 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E495
RGB	rgb(226, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(62, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 34.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -12.44, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 40.35, 107.96°)
OKLab	oklab(89.94% -0.0335 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(89.94% 0.1 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.5328, 73.8266, 39.2784)
Luminance	0.7382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E495 #9795E4

analogous

#E4BF95 #E2E495 #BBE495

triadic

#E2E495 #95E2E4 #E495E2

tetradic

#E2E495 #95E4BF #9795E4 #E495BB

square

#E2E495 #95E4BF #9795E4 #E495BB

split-complementary

#E2E495 #95BBE4 #BF95E4

monochromatic

#C7CB34 #D5D864 #E2E495 #EFF0C6 #F8F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E2E495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E2E495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E495

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E495	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.100 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ececb5',
    500: '#e2e495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e495;
$custom-light: #ececb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.519,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89942,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E495

secondary

#6260BD

accent

#1EC723

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E495

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

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