#E2BC44#E2BC44
#E2BC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.141 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2BC44 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 188, 68) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 73%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 70%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 69.9%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.61, 1.18, 63.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.61, 63.04, 88.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.75% -0.0025 0.1408) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.75% 0.141 91) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.3934, 52.5555, 12.9577) |
| Luminance | 0.5255 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.51
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.74
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.48
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.86
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.08
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2BC44 #446AE2
analogous
#E26D44 #E2BC44 #B9E244
triadic
#E2BC44 #44E2BC #BC44E2
tetradic
#E2BC44 #44E26D #446AE2 #E244B9
square
#E2BC44 #44E26D #446AE2 #E244B9
split-complementary
#E2BC44 #44B9E2 #6D44E2
monochromatic
#957617 #CAA11F #E2BC44 #EACF79 #F2E2AE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.82
#E2BC44 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.51
#E2BC44 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2BC44
11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2BC44 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2BC44 | 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)
#D0BA33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC44A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4ADA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2bc44; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 188, 68); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.141 91.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efcf7e',
500: '#e2bc44',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2bc44; $custom-light: #efcf7e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2bc44",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 188,
"b": 68
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.57,
"s": 73.148,
"l": 57.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80752,
"c": 0.14079,
"h": 91
},
"luminance": 0.52553
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2BC44
secondary
#314A99
accent
#64F038
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D