#E2BD42#E2BD42

#E2BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.143 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BD42
RGB	rgb(226, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, 0.56, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 64.06, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0045 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.143 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5477, 52.9603, 12.7131)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BD42 #4267E2

analogous

#E26D42 #E2BD42 #B7E242

triadic

#E2BD42 #42E2BD #BD42E2

tetradic

#E2BD42 #42E26D #4267E2 #E242B7

square

#E2BD42 #42E26D #4267E2 #E242B7

split-complementary

#E2BD42 #42B7E2 #6D42E2

monochromatic

#937617 #C8A11F #E2BD42 #EAD077 #F2E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E2BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#E2BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BD42

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BD42	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)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.143 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd07d',
    500: '#e2bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2bd42;
$custom-light: #efd07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80936,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BD42

secondary

#314898

accent

#62F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BD42

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

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