#E2B423#E2B423

#E2B423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.154 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B423
RGB	rgb(226, 180, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 84.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, 4.13, 72.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 72.22, 86.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.0027 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.154 89)
XYZ	xyz(47.9918, 48.9359, 8.5077)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B423 #2351E2

analogous

#E25423 #E2B423 #B0E223

triadic

#E2B423 #23E2B4 #B423E2

tetradic

#E2B423 #23E254 #2351E2 #E223B0

square

#E2B423 #23E254 #2351E2 #E223B0

split-complementary

#E2B423 #23B0E2 #5423E2

monochromatic

#7A6110 #B18C17 #E2B423 #E9C659 #F0D98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E2B423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#E2B423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B423

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B423	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 180, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.154 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca6e',
    500: '#e2b423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b423;
$custom-light: #f0ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.55,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7896,
    "c": 0.15368,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.48933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B423

secondary

#869BDB

accent

#62F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181308

muted

#86827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B423

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

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