#E2E997#E2E997

#E2E997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.104 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E997
RGB	rgb(226, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(65, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 35.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.17, -14.69, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.17, 41.78, 110.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0398 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.104 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.0893, 76.6818, 40.5917)
Luminance	0.7668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E997 #9E97E9

analogous

#E9C797 #E2E997 #B9E997

triadic

#E2E997 #97E2E9 #E997E2

tetradic

#E2E997 #97E9C7 #9E97E9 #E997B9

square

#E2E997 #97E9C7 #9E97E9 #E997B9

split-complementary

#E2E997 #97B9E9 #C797E9

monochromatic

#C6D432 #D4DE64 #E2E997 #F0F4CA #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E2E997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#E2E997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E997

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E997	1.00	1.29	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.104 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf0b6',
    500: '#e2e997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e997;
$custom-light: #ecf0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.122,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91013,
    "c": 0.10423,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E997

secondary

#6960C4

accent

#19CD28

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E997

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

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