#E2BC41#E2BC41
#E2BC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.143 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2BC41 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 188, 65) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 74%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 71%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 71.2%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.59, 1.04, 64.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.59, 64.20, 89.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.73% -0.0032 0.1427) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.73% 0.143 91.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.3041, 52.5199, 12.4878) |
| Luminance | 0.5252 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.34
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.48
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.22
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.84
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.94
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2BC41 #4167E2
analogous
#E26C41 #E2BC41 #B7E241
triadic
#E2BC41 #41E2BC #BC41E2
tetradic
#E2BC41 #41E26C #4167E2 #E241B7
square
#E2BC41 #41E26C #4167E2 #E241B7
split-complementary
#E2BC41 #41B7E2 #6C41E2
monochromatic
#927516 #C79F1E #E2BC41 #EACF76 #F2E1AB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.83
#E2BC41 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.50
#E2BC41 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2BC41
11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2BC41 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2BC41 | 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)
#D1B92F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC447
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4ADA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2bc41; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 188, 65); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.143 91.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efcf7d',
500: '#e2bc41',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2bc41; $custom-light: #efcf7d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2bc41",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 188,
"b": 65
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.839,
"s": 73.516,
"l": 57.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80728,
"c": 0.14274,
"h": 91.3
},
"luminance": 0.52517
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2BC41
secondary
#304997
accent
#63F038
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D