HEX Color #E2E999 (Khaki)

About #E2E999

At its core, #E2E999 is a light and moderate hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Khaki. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 226, 233, and 153.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 3% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 65.2° hue, 64.5% saturation, and 75.7% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E2E999

RGB226, 233, 153

HSL65.2°, 64.5%, 75.7%

CMYK3%, 0%, 34%, 9%

HSV65.2°, 34.3%, 91.4%

LAB90.2, -14.5, 38.2

XYZ66.3, 76.7, 41.5

Decimal14870937

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#E2E999 #A098E9

Analogous

#E9C898 #B9E998

Triadic

#98E2E9 #E998E2

Tetradic

#98E9C8 #A098E9 #E998B9

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#E2E999

#E5EBA4

#E8EDAF

#EBF0BB

#EEF2C6

#F2F5D1

#F5F7DD

#F8FAE8

#FBFCF3

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#E2E999

#C8CF88

#AFB577

#969B66

#7D8155

#646744

#4B4D33

#323322

#191911

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.28:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

16.35:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.23:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

13.90:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E2E999; }

.text-color { color: #E2E999; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #E2E999; }

Similar Colors

Khaki

#F0E68C