#E2BD44#E2BD44
#E2BD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.141 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2BD44 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 189, 68) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 73%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 70%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 69.9%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.87, 0.66, 63.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.87, 63.29, 89.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.95% -0.004 0.1413) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.95% 0.141 91.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.6077, 52.9843, 13.0291) |
| Luminance | 0.5298 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.65
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.77
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.35
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.61
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.26
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2BD44 #4469E2
analogous
#E26E44 #E2BD44 #B8E244
triadic
#E2BD44 #44E2BD #BD44E2
tetradic
#E2BD44 #44E26E #4469E2 #E244B8
square
#E2BD44 #44E26E #4469E2 #E244B8
split-complementary
#E2BD44 #44B8E2 #6E44E2
monochromatic
#957717 #CAA21F #E2BD44 #EAD079 #F2E2AE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E2BD44 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.60
#E2BD44 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2BD44
11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2BD44 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2BD44 | 1.00 | 1.81 | 11.60 | 11.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC54A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4AEA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2bd44; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 189, 68); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.141 91.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efd07f',
500: '#e2bd44',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2bd44; $custom-light: #efd07f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2bd44",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 189,
"b": 68
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.949,
"s": 73.148,
"l": 57.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80952,
"c": 0.14137,
"h": 91.6
},
"luminance": 0.52981
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2BD44
secondary
#314A99
accent
#63F038
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D