#E2BB36#E2BB36
#E2BB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.149 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2BB36 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 187, 54) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 75%, 55%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 76%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 76.1%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.27, 1.08, 67.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.27, 67.95, 89.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.45% -0.0043 0.1486) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.45% 0.149 91.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.8031, 51.9788, 10.8991) |
| Luminance | 0.5198 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 1.83
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 2.63
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 3.57
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.37
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.54
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 4.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2BB36 #365DE2
analogous
#E26536 #E2BB36 #B3E236
triadic
#E2BB36 #36E2BB #BB36E2
tetradic
#E2BB36 #36E265 #365DE2 #E236B3
square
#E2BB36 #36E265 #365DE2 #E236B3
split-complementary
#E2BB36 #36B3E2 #6536E2
monochromatic
#8A6F14 #BF9A1C #E2BB36 #EACD6B #F1DFA1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.84
#E2BB36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.40
#E2BB36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2BB36
11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2BB36 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2BB36 | 1.00 | 1.84 | 11.40 | 11.40 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.84 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B81C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC43E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5ABA1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2bb36; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 187, 54); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.149 91.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0cf77',
500: '#e2bb36',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2bb36; $custom-light: #f0cf77; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2bb36",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 187,
"b": 54
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.395,
"s": 74.783,
"l": 54.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80452,
"c": 0.14862,
"h": 91.7
},
"luminance": 0.51976
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2BB36
secondary
#2D438F
accent
#61F136
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFAF1
border
#D7D3CB
text
#171309
muted
#85837D