#E2B525#E2B525

#E2B525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.153 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B525
RGB	rgb(226, 181, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 83.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, 3.66, 71.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 71.88, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% 0.0015 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.153 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2249, 49.3534, 8.7361)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B525 #2552E2

analogous

#E25725 #E2B525 #B1E225

triadic

#E2B525 #25E2B5 #B525E2

tetradic

#E2B525 #25E257 #2552E2 #E225B1

square

#E2B525 #25E257 #2552E2 #E225B1

split-complementary

#E2B525 #25B1E2 #5725E2

monochromatic

#7C6211 #B28D18 #E2B525 #E9C75B #F0DA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E2B525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#E2B525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B525

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B525	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)

#D6C02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 181, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.153 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca6f',
    500: '#e2b525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b525;
$custom-light: #f0ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 76.518,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79167,
    "c": 0.1534,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B525

secondary

#889CDB

accent

#62F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181308

muted

#86827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B525

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

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