#E2B428#E2B428

#E2B428 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.152 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B428
RGB	rgb(226, 180, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 82.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, 4.27, 70.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 70.88, 86.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% 0.0035 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.152 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0714, 48.9678, 8.9269)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B428 #2856E2

analogous

#E25728 #E2B428 #B3E228

triadic

#E2B428 #28E2B4 #B428E2

tetradic

#E2B428 #28E257 #2856E2 #E228B3

square

#E2B428 #28E257 #2856E2 #E228B3

split-complementary

#E2B428 #28B3E2 #5728E2

monochromatic

#7F6311 #B48E18 #E2B428 #E9C75E #F1DA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E2B428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#E2B428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B428

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B428	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)

#CAB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 180, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.152 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca70',
    500: '#e2b428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b428;
$custom-light: #f0ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.161,
    "s": 76.23,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78982,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B428

secondary

#8A9EDC

accent

#64F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181308

muted

#86827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B428

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

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