#E2E899#E2E899

#E2E899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.101 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E899
RGB	rgb(226, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(65, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.94, -13.96, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.94, 40.31, 110.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.84% -0.0376 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(90.84% 0.101 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.9708, 76.1828, 41.3602)
Luminance	0.7618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E899 #9F99E8

analogous

#E8C699 #E2E899 #BAE899

triadic

#E2E899 #99E2E8 #E899E2

tetradic

#E2E899 #99E8C6 #9F99E8 #E899BA

square

#E2E899 #99E8C6 #9F99E8 #E899BA

split-complementary

#E2E899 #99BAE8 #C699E8

monochromatic

#C6D135 #D4DD67 #E2E899 #F0F3CB #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E2E899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#E2E899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E899

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E899	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.101 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecefb8',
    500: '#e2e899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e899;
$custom-light: #ecefb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.557,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9084,
    "c": 0.10068,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E899

secondary

#6A63C3

accent

#1BCB28

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E899

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

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