#E2E995#E2E995

#E2E995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.107 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E995
RGB	rgb(226, 233, 149)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(65, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 36.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -14.92, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 42.76, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(90.98% -0.0406 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(90.98% 0.107 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.9282, 76.6174, 39.7435)
Luminance	0.7662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E995 #9C95E9

analogous

#E9C695 #E2E995 #B8E995

triadic

#E2E995 #95E2E9 #E995E2

tetradic

#E2E995 #95E9C6 #9C95E9 #E995B8

square

#E2E995 #95E9C6 #9C95E9 #E995B8

split-complementary

#E2E995 #95B8E9 #C695E9

monochromatic

#C6D430 #D4DE62 #E2E995 #F0F4C8 #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E2E995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#E2E995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E995

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E995	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 233, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.107 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf0b5',
    500: '#e2e995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e995;
$custom-light: #ecf0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9098,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E995

secondary

#675FC4

accent

#18CD27

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E995

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

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