#E2B837#E2B837

#E2B837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.146 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B837
RGB	rgb(226, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 75.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, 2.69, 66.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 66.94, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% 0.0004 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.147 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1970, 50.7287, 10.8141)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B837 #3761E2

analogous

#E26237 #E2B837 #B7E237

triadic

#E2B837 #37E2B8 #B837E2

tetradic

#E2B837 #37E262 #3761E2 #E237B7

square

#E2B837 #37E262 #3761E2 #E237B7

split-complementary

#E2B837 #37B7E2 #6237E2

monochromatic

#8B6D14 #C0981C #E2B837 #EACB6C #F2DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E2B837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#E2B837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B837

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B837	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.146 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cc77',
    500: '#e2b837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b837;
$custom-light: #f0cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 74.672,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79859,
    "c": 0.1465,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B837

secondary

#2D4590

accent

#64F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF1

border

#D7D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B837

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

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