#E3E596#E3E596

#E3E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.100 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E596
RGB	rgb(227, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(62, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.19, -12.44, 38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.19, 40.32, 107.97°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0334 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.1 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.2034, 74.5726, 39.8073)
Luminance	0.7457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E596 #9896E5

analogous

#E5C096 #E3E596 #BCE596

triadic

#E3E596 #96E3E5 #E596E3

tetradic

#E3E596 #96E5C0 #9896E5 #E596BC

square

#E3E596 #96E5C0 #9896E5 #E596BC

split-complementary

#E3E596 #96BCE5 #C096E5

monochromatic

#C9CD34 #D6D965 #E3E596 #F0F1C7 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E3E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#E3E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E596

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E596	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.100 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb5',
    500: '#e3e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e596;
$custom-light: #ededb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.519,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90246,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E596

secondary

#6361BF

accent

#1EC822

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E596

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

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