#E2B823#E2B823

#E2B823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.156 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B823
RGB	rgb(226, 184, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 84.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 2.04, 72.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 72.97, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0032 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.156 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8109, 50.5743, 8.7807)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B823 #234DE2

analogous

#E25823 #E2B823 #ADE223

triadic

#E2B823 #23E2B8 #B823E2

tetradic

#E2B823 #23E258 #234DE2 #E223AD

square

#E2B823 #23E258 #234DE2 #E223AD

split-complementary

#E2B823 #23ADE2 #5823E2

monochromatic

#7A6310 #B18F17 #E2B823 #E9C959 #F0DB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E2B823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#E2B823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B823

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B823	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 184, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.156 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cc6e',
    500: '#e2b823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b823;
$custom-light: #f0cc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.806,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79755,
    "c": 0.15554,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B823

secondary

#273B82

accent

#5EF335

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F1

border

#D7D2CB

text

#181308

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B823

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

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