#E2E596#E2E596

#E2E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.100 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E596
RGB	rgb(226, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(62, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.12, -12.82, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.12, 40.34, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0345 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.1 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.8889, 74.4104, 39.7926)
Luminance	0.7441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E596 #9996E5

analogous

#E5C196 #E2E596 #BBE596

triadic

#E2E596 #96E2E5 #E596E2

tetradic

#E2E596 #96E5C1 #9996E5 #E596BB

square

#E2E596 #96E5C1 #9996E5 #E596BB

split-complementary

#E2E596 #96BBE5 #C196E5

monochromatic

#C7CD34 #D4D965 #E2E596 #F0F1C7 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E2E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#E2E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E596

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E596	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.100 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecedb5',
    500: '#e2e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e596;
$custom-light: #ecedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.278,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90166,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E596

secondary

#6461BF

accent

#1EC824

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E596

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

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