#E2E796#E2E796

#E2E796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.103 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E796
RGB	rgb(226, 231, 150)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(64, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 35.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.64, -13.81, 38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.64, 41.30, 109.54°)
OKLab	oklab(90.58% -0.0373 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(90.58% 0.103 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.4454, 75.5235, 39.9781)
Luminance	0.7552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E796 #9B96E7

analogous

#E7C496 #E2E796 #B9E796

triadic

#E2E796 #96E2E7 #E796E2

tetradic

#E2E796 #96E7C4 #9B96E7 #E796B9

square

#E2E796 #96E7C4 #9B96E7 #E796B9

split-complementary

#E2E796 #96B9E7 #C496E7

monochromatic

#C6D032 #D4DC64 #E2E796 #F0F2C8 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E2E796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#E2E796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E796

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E796	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 231, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.103 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eceeb6',
    500: '#e2e796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e796;
$custom-light: #eceeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.704,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90581,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E796

secondary

#6660C1

accent

#1BCB26

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E796

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →