#E2E699#E2E699

#E2E699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.098 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E699
RGB	rgb(226, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(63, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 33.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.42, -12.97, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.42, 39.33, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0348 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.098 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.4110, 75.0633, 41.1737)
Luminance	0.7506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E699 #9D99E6

analogous

#E6C499 #E2E699 #BBE699

triadic

#E2E699 #99E2E6 #E699E2

tetradic

#E2E699 #99E6C4 #9D99E6 #E699BB

square

#E2E699 #99E6C4 #9D99E6 #E699BB

split-complementary

#E2E699 #99BBE6 #C499E6

monochromatic

#C6CE37 #D4DA68 #E2E699 #F0F2CA #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E2E699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#E2E699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E699

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E699	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.098 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecedb8',
    500: '#e2e699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e699;
$custom-light: #ecedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.117,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90425,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E699

secondary

#6863C0

accent

#1DC826

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E699

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

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