#E2BC3E#E2BC3E
#E2BC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.145 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2BC3E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 188, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 74%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 73%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 72.6%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.57, 0.90, 65.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.57, 65.33, 89.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.71% -0.004 0.1446) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.71% 0.145 91.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.2195, 52.4860, 12.0422) |
| Luminance | 0.5248 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.21
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.24
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 3.98
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.82
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.84
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.97
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2BC3E #3E64E2
analogous
#E26A3E #E2BC3E #B6E23E
triadic
#E2BC3E #3EE2BC #BC3EE2
tetradic
#E2BC3E #3EE26A #3E64E2 #E23EB6
square
#E2BC3E #3EE26A #3E64E2 #E23EB6
split-complementary
#E2BC3E #3EB6E2 #6A3EE2
monochromatic
#907416 #C59E1E #E2BC3E #EACE73 #F2E1A8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.83
#E2BC3E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.50
#E2BC3E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2BC3E
11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2BC3E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2BC3E | 1.00 | 1.83 | 11.50 | 11.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1B92A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC445
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4ADA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2bc3e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 188, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.145 91.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efcf7b',
500: '#e2bc3e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2bc3e; $custom-light: #efcf7b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2bc3e",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 188,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.098,
"s": 73.874,
"l": 56.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80706,
"c": 0.1446,
"h": 91.6
},
"luminance": 0.52483
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2BC3E
secondary
#2F4795
accent
#62F137
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D