#E2BD46#E2BD46
#E2BD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.140 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2BD46 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 189, 70) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 73%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 69%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 69%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.88, 0.76, 62.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.88, 62.49, 89.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.97% -0.0034 0.14) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.97% 0.14 91.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.6698, 53.0091, 13.3561) |
| Luminance | 0.5301 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.76
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.95
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.53
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.62
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.35
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2BD46 #466BE2
analogous
#E26F46 #E2BD46 #B9E246
triadic
#E2BD46 #46E2BD #BD46E2
tetradic
#E2BD46 #46E26F #466BE2 #E246B9
square
#E2BD46 #46E26F #466BE2 #E246B9
split-complementary
#E2BD46 #46B9E2 #6F46E2
monochromatic
#967818 #CBA220 #E2BD46 #EAD07B #F3E3B0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E2BD46 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.60
#E2BD46 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2BD46
11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2BD46 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2BD46 | 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)
#D1BA36
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC54C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4AEA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2bd46; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 189, 70); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.140 91.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efd080',
500: '#e2bd46',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2bd46; $custom-light: #efd080; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2bd46",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 189,
"b": 70
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.769,
"s": 72.897,
"l": 58.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80968,
"c": 0.14002,
"h": 91.4
},
"luminance": 0.53006
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2BD46
secondary
#324B9A
accent
#64F038
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E