#E6E2C6#E6E2C6

#E6E2C6 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.037 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6E2C6
RGB	rgb(230, 226, 198)
HSL	hsl(53, 39%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(53, 14%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 13.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.53, -3.29, 14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.53, 14.57, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.0068 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.037 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.0216, 75.2936, 64.2595)
Luminance	0.7529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6E2C6 #C6CAE6

analogous

#E6D2C6 #E6E2C6 #DAE6C6

triadic

#E6E2C6 #C6E6E2 #E2C6E6

tetradic

#E6E2C6 #C6E6D2 #C6CAE6 #E6C6DA

square

#E6E2C6 #C6E6D2 #C6CAE6 #E6C6DA

split-complementary

#E6E2C6 #C6DAE6 #D2C6E6

monochromatic

#C1B771 #D3CC9B #E6E2C6 #F6F4EA #F6F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E6E2C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#E6E2C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6E2C6

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6E2C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6E2C6	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8E0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9E2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6e2c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 226, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.037 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebd7',
    500: '#e6e2c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6e2c6;
$custom-light: #eeebd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6e2c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90858,
    "c": 0.03737,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6E2C6

secondary

#9096C0

accent

#43B233

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6E2C6

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

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