#E2B623#E2B623

#E2B623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.155 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B623
RGB	rgb(226, 182, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 84.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, 3.08, 72.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 72.59, 87.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0002 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.155 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3984, 49.7493, 8.6432)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B623 #234FE2

analogous

#E25623 #E2B623 #AEE223

triadic

#E2B623 #23E2B6 #B623E2

tetradic

#E2B623 #23E256 #234FE2 #E223AE

square

#E2B623 #23E256 #234FE2 #E223AE

split-complementary

#E2B623 #23AEE2 #5623E2

monochromatic

#7A6210 #B18D17 #E2B623 #E9C859 #F0DA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E2B623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#E2B623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B623

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B623	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 182, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.155 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cb6e',
    500: '#e2b623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b623;
$custom-light: #f0cb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.178,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79357,
    "c": 0.15459,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B623

secondary

#869ADB

accent

#60F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181308

muted

#86827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B623

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

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