#E2E896#E2E896

#E2E896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.104 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E896
RGB	rgb(226, 232, 150)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(64, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 35.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.90, -14.31, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.90, 41.79, 110.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0388 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.104 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.7261, 76.0849, 40.0717)
Luminance	0.7608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E896 #9C96E8

analogous

#E8C596 #E2E896 #B9E896

triadic

#E2E896 #96E2E8 #E896E2

tetradic

#E2E896 #96E8C5 #9C96E8 #E896B9

square

#E2E896 #96E8C5 #9C96E8 #E896B9

split-complementary

#E2E896 #96B9E8 #C596E8

monochromatic

#C6D232 #D4DD64 #E2E896 #F0F3C8 #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E2E896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#E2E896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E896

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E896	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 232, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.104 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecefb6',
    500: '#e2e896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e896;
$custom-light: #ecefb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.39,
    "s": 64.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90789,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E896

secondary

#6760C2

accent

#1ACC27

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E896

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

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