#E2BD49#E2BD49

#E2BD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.138 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BD49
RGB	rgb(226, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, 0.93, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 61.28, 89.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0026 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.138 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7669, 53.0479, 13.8673)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BD49 #496EE2

analogous

#E27049 #E2BD49 #BAE249

triadic

#E2BD49 #49E2BD #BD49E2

tetradic

#E2BD49 #49E270 #496EE2 #E249BA

square

#E2BD49 #49E270 #496EE2 #E249BA

split-complementary

#E2BD49 #49BAE2 #7049E2

monochromatic

#987918 #CDA321 #E2BD49 #EAD07E #F3E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E2BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#E2BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BD49

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BD49	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.138 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd081',
    500: '#e2bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2bd49;
$custom-light: #efd081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80994,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BD49

secondary

#334C9C

accent

#65EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BD49

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

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