#E2BC3D#E2BC3D
#E2BC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.145 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2BC3D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 188, 61) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 74%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 73%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 73%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.56, 0.85, 65.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.56, 65.70, 89.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.7% -0.0042 0.1452) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.7% 0.145 91.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.1924, 52.4751, 11.8990) |
| Luminance | 0.5247 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.18
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.17
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 3.90
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.78
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.85
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.92
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2BC3D #3D63E2
analogous
#E26A3D #E2BC3D #B6E23D
triadic
#E2BC3D #3DE2BC #BC3DE2
tetradic
#E2BC3D #3DE26A #3D63E2 #E23DB6
square
#E2BC3D #3DE26A #3D63E2 #E23DB6
split-complementary
#E2BC3D #3DB6E2 #6A3DE2
monochromatic
#8F7315 #C49E1D #E2BC3D #EACE72 #F2E1A7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.83
#E2BC3D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.49
#E2BC3D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2BC3D
11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2BC3D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2BC3D | 1.00 | 1.83 | 11.49 | 11.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1B929
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC444
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4ADA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2bc3d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 188, 61); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.145 91.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efcf7b',
500: '#e2bc3d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2bc3d; $custom-light: #efcf7b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2bc3d",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 188,
"b": 61
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.182,
"s": 73.991,
"l": 56.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80699,
"c": 0.14521,
"h": 91.7
},
"luminance": 0.52472
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2BC3D
secondary
#2F4694
accent
#62F137
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D