#E2E697#E2E697

#E2E697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.100 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E697
RGB	rgb(226, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(63, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 34.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.39, -13.20, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.39, 40.32, 109.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.39% -0.0355 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(90.39% 0.1 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.2472, 74.9977, 40.3110)
Luminance	0.7500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E697 #9B97E6

analogous

#E6C397 #E2E697 #BBE697

triadic

#E2E697 #97E2E6 #E697E2

tetradic

#E2E697 #97E6C3 #9B97E6 #E697BB

square

#E2E697 #97E6C3 #9B97E6 #E697BB

split-complementary

#E2E697 #97BBE6 #C397E6

monochromatic

#C6CE34 #D4DA66 #E2E697 #F0F2C8 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E2E697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#E2E697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E697

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E697	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.100 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecedb6',
    500: '#e2e697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e697;
$custom-light: #ecedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.038,
    "s": 61.24,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90391,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E697

secondary

#6661C0

accent

#1DC925

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E697

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

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