All About Color #E2E996

#E2E996

About #E2E996

#E2E996 is a light yellow color with the hex code #E2E996. In RGB it is red 226, green 233, blue 150; in HSL it is hue 65°, saturation 65%, lightness 75%; in CMYK it is 3%, 0%, 36%, 9%. Its contrast ratio is 1.29:1 on white and 16.33:1 on black.

#E2E996 Color Conversion

Hex tripletE2, E9, 96
CMYK3.00%, 0.00%, 35.62%, 8.63%
RGB Decimal226, 233, 150
HSL65°, 65%, 75%
RGB Octal342, 351, 226
HSV (HSB)65.06°, 35.62%, 91.37%
RGB Binary11100010, 11101001, 10010110
CIE-L*AB90.16, -14.80, 39.59
RGB Percent88.63%, 91.37%, 58.82%
CIE-L*CH90.16, 42.27, 110.50
XYZ66.01, 76.65, 40.17
CIE-L*UV90.16, -0.28, 56.18
xyY0.36, 0.42, 76.65
Hunter-Lab87.55, -18.63, 34.08
RYB58.82%, 91.37%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#E2E996 on a dark background: contrast 16.33:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#E2E996 on a light background: contrast 1.29:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #E2E996, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #E2E996. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#E2E996 · #F7F9E2 · #CDD94A · #9D96E9 · #E3E2F9

Analogous palette

#E99D96 · #E9C696 · #E2E996 · #B8E996 · #96E99D

Triadic palette

#E2E996 · #96E2E9 · #E996E2 · #F7F9E2 · #E2F7F9

Tetradic palette

#E2E996 · #96E9C6 · #9D96E9 · #E996B8 · #CDD94A

Monochromatic palette

#B1BD28 · #D0DB57 · #E2E996 · #F3F6D5 · #F9FBEA

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