#E2B528#E2B528

#E2B528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.152 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B528
RGB	rgb(226, 181, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 82.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, 3.74, 70.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 71.07, 86.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% 0.002 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.152 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2740, 49.3730, 8.9944)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B528 #2855E2

analogous

#E25828 #E2B528 #B2E228

triadic

#E2B528 #28E2B5 #B528E2

tetradic

#E2B528 #28E258 #2855E2 #E228B2

square

#E2B528 #28E258 #2855E2 #E228B2

split-complementary

#E2B528 #28B2E2 #5828E2

monochromatic

#7F6411 #B48F18 #E2B528 #E9C85E #F1DA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E2B528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#E2B528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B528

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B528	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)

#D6C032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 181, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.152 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca70',
    500: '#e2b528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b528;
$custom-light: #f0ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 76.23,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7918,
    "c": 0.15221,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B528

secondary

#8A9EDC

accent

#63F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181308

muted

#86827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B528

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

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