#E6E2A2#E6E2A2

#E6E2A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.082 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E2A2
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 162)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 30%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 29.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -8.35, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 32.94, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0212 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.082 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.3515, 73.8256, 44.9299)
Luminance	0.7382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E2A2 #A2A6E6

analogous

#E6C0A2 #E6E2A2 #C8E6A2

triadic

#E6E2A2 #A2E6E2 #E2A2E6

tetradic

#E6E2A2 #A2E6C0 #A2A6E6 #E6A2C8

square

#E6E2A2 #A2E6C0 #A2A6E6 #E6A2C8

split-complementary

#E6E2A2 #A2C8E6 #C0A2E6

monochromatic

#CCC442 #D9D372 #E6E2A2 #F3F1D2 #F9F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E6E2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E6E2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E2A2

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E2A2	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDD9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE1A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.082 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebbe',
    500: '#e6e2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e2a2;
$custom-light: #eeebbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90086,
    "c": 0.08245,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E2A2

secondary

#6C71C0

accent

#2AC520

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E2A2

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

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