#E2BA40#E2BA40

#E2BA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.142 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BA40
RGB	rgb(226, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, 2.03, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 64.10, 88.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0005 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.142 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8511, 51.6598, 12.1951)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BA40 #4068E2

analogous

#E26940 #E2BA40 #B9E240

triadic

#E2BA40 #40E2BA #BA40E2

tetradic

#E2BA40 #40E269 #4068E2 #E240B9

square

#E2BA40 #40E269 #4068E2 #E240B9

split-complementary

#E2BA40 #40B9E2 #6940E2

monochromatic

#927316 #C79D1E #E2BA40 #EACD75 #F2E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E2BA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#E2BA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BA40

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BA40	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.142 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efce7c',
    500: '#e2ba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ba40;
$custom-light: #efce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.185,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80321,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BA40

secondary

#304996

accent

#65F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BA40

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

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