#E2E696#E2E696

#E2E696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.102 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E696
RGB	rgb(226, 230, 150)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(63, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 34.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -13.32, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 40.82, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.37% -0.0359 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(90.37% 0.102 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.1664, 74.9654, 39.8851)
Luminance	0.7496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E696 #9A96E6

analogous

#E6C296 #E2E696 #BAE696

triadic

#E2E696 #96E2E6 #E696E2

tetradic

#E2E696 #96E6C2 #9A96E6 #E696BA

square

#E2E696 #96E6C2 #9A96E6 #E696BA

split-complementary

#E2E696 #96BAE6 #C296E6

monochromatic

#C7CE33 #D4DA65 #E2E696 #F0F2C7 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E2E696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E2E696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E696

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E696	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 230, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.102 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecedb5',
    500: '#e2e696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e696;
$custom-light: #ecedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90374,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E696

secondary

#6560C0

accent

#1CC925

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E696

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

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