#E9E596#E9E596

#E9E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.100 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E596
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 35.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.66, -10.14, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.66, 40.35, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0271 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.1 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.1294, 75.5657, 39.8976)
Luminance	0.7556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E596 #969AE9

analogous

#E9BB96 #E9E596 #C4E996

triadic

#E9E596 #96E9E5 #E596E9

tetradic

#E9E596 #96E9BB #969AE9 #E996C4

square

#E9E596 #96E9BB #969AE9 #E996C4

split-complementary

#E9E596 #96C4E9 #BB96E9

monochromatic

#D4CC31 #DED863 #E9E596 #F4F2C9 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#E9E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E596

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E596	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.100 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1edb5',
    500: '#e9e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e596;
$custom-light: #f1edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.108,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90728,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E596

secondary

#6064C4

accent

#21CD18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E596

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

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