#E2E8A6#E2E8A6

#E2E8A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.085 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E8A6
RGB	rgb(226, 232, 166)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(65, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 28.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -12.34, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 33.85, 111.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0324 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.085 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.1036, 76.6359, 47.3262)
Luminance	0.7663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E8A6 #ACA6E8

analogous

#E8CDA6 #E2E8A6 #C1E8A6

triadic

#E2E8A6 #A6E2E8 #E8A6E2

tetradic

#E2E8A6 #A6E8CD #ACA6E8 #E8A6C1

square

#E2E8A6 #A6E8CD #ACA6E8 #E8A6C1

split-complementary

#E2E8A6 #A6C1E8 #CDA6E8

monochromatic

#C2CF45 #D2DB75 #E2E8A6 #F2F5D7 #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E2E8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#E2E8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E8A6

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E8A6	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E4A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 232, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.085 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebefc1',
    500: '#e2e8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e8a6;
$custom-light: #ebefc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91075,
    "c": 0.08536,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E8A6

secondary

#776FC3

accent

#1FC72E

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF9

border

#D5D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E8A6

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

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