#E2BA2D#E2BA2D

#E2BA2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.153 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BA2D
RGB	rgb(226, 186, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 80.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, 1.28, 70.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 70.62, 88.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0046 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.153 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3995, 51.4792, 9.8167)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BA2D #2D55E2

analogous

#E25F2D #E2BA2D #B0E22D

triadic

#E2BA2D #2DE2BA #BA2DE2

tetradic

#E2BA2D #2DE25F #2D55E2 #E22DB0

square

#E2BA2D #2DE25F #2D55E2 #E22DB0

split-complementary

#E2BA2D #2DB0E2 #5F2DE2

monochromatic

#836A12 #B89519 #E2BA2D #E9CC63 #F1DD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E2BA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#E2BA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BA2D

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BA2D	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ba2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 186, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.153 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ce73',
    500: '#e2ba2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ba2d;
$custom-light: #f0ce73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ba2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.74,
    "s": 75.732,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80201,
    "c": 0.15253,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BA2D

secondary

#2A3F89

accent

#5FF235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF1

border

#D7D3CB

text

#181309

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BA2D

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

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