#E2B939#E2B939

#E2B939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.146 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2B939
RGB	rgb(226, 185, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 74.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, 2.24, 66.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 66.46, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0006 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.146 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4544, 51.1652, 11.1412)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2B939 #3962E2

analogous

#E26539 #E2B939 #B6E239

triadic

#E2B939 #39E2B9 #B939E2

tetradic

#E2B939 #39E265 #3962E2 #E239B6

square

#E2B939 #39E265 #3962E2 #E239B6

split-complementary

#E2B939 #39B6E2 #6539E2

monochromatic

#8C6F15 #C1991C #E2B939 #EACC6E #F2DFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#E2B939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#E2B939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2B939

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2B939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2B939	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2b939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 185, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.146 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cd78',
    500: '#e2b939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2b939;
$custom-light: #f0cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2b939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.444,
    "s": 74.449,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80072,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2B939

secondary

#2E4691

accent

#64F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF1

border

#D7D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2B939

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

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