#E2B728#E2B728

#E2B728 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.153 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B728
RGB	rgb(226, 183, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 82.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, 2.70, 71.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 71.45, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.001 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.153 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6835, 50.1922, 9.1310)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B728 #2853E2

analogous

#E25A28 #E2B728 #B0E228

triadic

#E2B728 #28E2B7 #B728E2

tetradic

#E2B728 #28E25A #2853E2 #E228B0

square

#E2B728 #28E25A #2853E2 #E228B0

split-complementary

#E2B728 #28B0E2 #5A28E2

monochromatic

#7F6511 #B49018 #E2B728 #E9C95E #F1DB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E2B728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#E2B728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B728

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B728	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 183, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.153 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cc70',
    500: '#e2b728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b728;
$custom-light: #f0cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.129,
    "s": 76.23,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79577,
    "c": 0.15315,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B728

secondary

#293E86

accent

#61F335

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F1

border

#D7D2CB

text

#181308

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B728

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

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