#E2B523#E2B523

#E2B523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.154 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B523
RGB	rgb(226, 181, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 84.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, 3.61, 72.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 72.40, 87.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0012 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.154 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1944, 49.3411, 8.5752)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B523 #2350E2

analogous

#E25523 #E2B523 #AFE223

triadic

#E2B523 #23E2B5 #B523E2

tetradic

#E2B523 #23E255 #2350E2 #E223AF

square

#E2B523 #23E255 #2350E2 #E223AF

split-complementary

#E2B523 #23AFE2 #5523E2

monochromatic

#7A6110 #B18C17 #E2B523 #E9C759 #F0D98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E2B523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#E2B523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B523

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B523	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 181, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.154 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca6e',
    500: '#e2b523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b523;
$custom-light: #f0ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.864,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79158,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B523

secondary

#869ADB

accent

#61F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181308

muted

#86827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B523

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

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