#E2B425#E2B425

#E2B425 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.153 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B425
RGB	rgb(226, 180, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 83.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, 4.19, 71.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 71.70, 86.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.003 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.153 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0223, 48.9482, 8.6685)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B425 #2553E2

analogous

#E25625 #E2B425 #B1E225

triadic

#E2B425 #25E2B4 #B425E2

tetradic

#E2B425 #25E256 #2553E2 #E225B1

square

#E2B425 #25E256 #2553E2 #E225B1

split-complementary

#E2B425 #25B1E2 #5625E2

monochromatic

#7C6211 #B28D18 #E2B425 #E9C75B #F0D991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E2B425 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#E2B425 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B425

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B425	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B425	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)

#D5BF2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b425;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 180, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.153 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca6e',
    500: '#e2b425',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b425;
$custom-light: #f0ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b425",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.397,
    "s": 76.518,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78968,
    "c": 0.15295,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B425

secondary

#889CDB

accent

#63F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181308

muted

#86827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B425

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

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