#E7E596#E7E596

#E7E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.100 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E596
RGB	rgb(231, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 35.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -10.91, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 40.32, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0292 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.1 107)
XYZ	xyz(66.4801, 75.2309, 39.8672)
Luminance	0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E596 #9698E7

analogous

#E7BD96 #E7E596 #C0E796

triadic

#E7E596 #96E7E5 #E596E7

tetradic

#E7E596 #96E7BD #9698E7 #E796C0

square

#E7E596 #96E7BD #9698E7 #E796C0

split-complementary

#E7E596 #96C0E7 #BD96E7

monochromatic

#D0CC32 #DCD964 #E7E596 #F2F1C8 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E7E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#E7E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E596

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E596	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.100 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efedb5',
    500: '#e7e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e596;
$custom-light: #efedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.519,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90566,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.7523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E596

secondary

#6062C1

accent

#1FCB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E596

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

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