#E2BC42#E2BC42

#E2BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.142 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BC42
RGB	rgb(226, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, 1.08, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 63.82, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.003 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.142 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.3334, 52.5315, 12.6417)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BC42 #4268E2

analogous

#E26C42 #E2BC42 #B8E242

triadic

#E2BC42 #42E2BC #BC42E2

tetradic

#E2BC42 #42E26C #4268E2 #E242B8

square

#E2BC42 #42E26C #4268E2 #E242B8

split-complementary

#E2BC42 #42B8E2 #6C42E2

monochromatic

#937517 #C8A01F #E2BC42 #EACF77 #F2E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E2BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#E2BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BC42

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BC42	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.142 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcf7d',
    500: '#e2bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2bc42;
$custom-light: #efcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80736,
    "c": 0.14209,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BC42

secondary

#314998

accent

#64F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BC42

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

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