#E2E96D

A light, vivid yellow closely aligning with Khaki.

About #E2E96D

When working with digital screens, the color #E2E96D is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Khaki. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 226, 233, and 109.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 3% cyan and 0% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E2E96D
RGB226, 233, 109
HSL63.4°, 73.8%, 67.1%
CMYK3%, 0%, 53%, 9%
HSV63.4°, 53.2%, 91.4%
LAB89.7, -18.8, 58.5
XYZ63.3, 75.6, 25.7
Decimal14870893

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.30:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
16.11:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.25:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
13.70:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E2E96D; }
.text-color { color: #E2E96D; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E2E96D; }

Similar Colors

Khaki
#F0E68C