#E2BC43#E2BC43
#E2BC43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.141 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2BC43 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 188, 67) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 73%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 70%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70.4%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.60, 1.13, 63.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.60, 63.43, 88.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.74% -0.0027 0.1414) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.74% 0.141 91.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.3631, 52.5434, 12.7983) |
| Luminance | 0.5254 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.45
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.65
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.39
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.85
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.03
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2BC43 #4369E2
analogous
#E26C43 #E2BC43 #B9E243
triadic
#E2BC43 #43E2BC #BC43E2
tetradic
#E2BC43 #43E26C #4369E2 #E243B9
square
#E2BC43 #43E26C #4369E2 #E243B9
split-complementary
#E2BC43 #43B9E2 #6C43E2
monochromatic
#947617 #C9A01F #E2BC43 #EACF78 #F2E2AD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.82
#E2BC43 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.51
#E2BC43 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2BC43
11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2BC43 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2BC43 | 1.00 | 1.82 | 11.51 | 11.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.82 | 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)
#D0B932
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC449
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4ADA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2bc43; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 188, 67); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.141 91.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efcf7e',
500: '#e2bc43',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2bc43; $custom-light: #efcf7e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2bc43",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 188,
"b": 67
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.66,
"s": 73.272,
"l": 57.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80744,
"c": 0.14145,
"h": 91.1
},
"luminance": 0.5254
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2BC43
secondary
#314A98
accent
#64F038
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D