#E2BD40#E2BD40

#E2BD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.144 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BD40
RGB	rgb(226, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, 0.47, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 64.83, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.005 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.144 92)
XYZ	xyz(50.4898, 52.9371, 12.4080)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BD40 #4065E2

analogous

#E26C40 #E2BD40 #B6E240

triadic

#E2BD40 #40E2BD #BD40E2

tetradic

#E2BD40 #40E26C #4065E2 #E240B6

square

#E2BD40 #40E26C #4065E2 #E240B6

split-complementary

#E2BD40 #40B6E2 #6C40E2

monochromatic

#927516 #C7A01E #E2BD40 #EACF75 #F2E2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E2BD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#E2BD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BD40

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BD40	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2bd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.144 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd07c',
    500: '#e2bd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2bd40;
$custom-light: #efd07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2bd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.296,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80921,
    "c": 0.14395,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.52934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BD40

secondary

#304796

accent

#62F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BD40

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

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