#E2B628#E2B628

#E2B628 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.153 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B628
RGB	rgb(226, 182, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 82.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, 3.22, 71.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 71.26, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% 0.0005 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.153 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4780, 49.7811, 9.0625)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B628 #2854E2

analogous

#E25928 #E2B628 #B1E228

triadic

#E2B628 #28E2B6 #B628E2

tetradic

#E2B628 #28E259 #2854E2 #E228B1

square

#E2B628 #28E259 #2854E2 #E228B1

split-complementary

#E2B628 #28B1E2 #5928E2

monochromatic

#7F6511 #B49018 #E2B628 #E9C85E #F1DB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E2B628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#E2B628 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B628

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B628	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 182, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.153 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cb70',
    500: '#e2b628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b628;
$custom-light: #f0cb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.806,
    "s": 76.23,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79379,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B628

secondary

#8A9EDC

accent

#62F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181308

muted

#86827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B628

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

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