#E2BE2E#E2BE2E

#E2BE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.154 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BE2E
RGB	rgb(226, 190, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 79.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -0.77, 71.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 71.21, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0103 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.154 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2735, 53.1959, 10.2041)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BE2E #2E52E2

analogous

#E2642E #E2BE2E #ACE22E

triadic

#E2BE2E #2EE2BE #BE2EE2

tetradic

#E2BE2E #2EE264 #2E52E2 #E22EAC

square

#E2BE2E #2EE264 #2E52E2 #E22EAC

split-complementary

#E2BE2E #2EACE2 #642EE2

monochromatic

#836D12 #B9991A #E2BE2E #E9CF64 #F1DF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E2BE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#E2BE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BE2E

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BE2E	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2be2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 190, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.154 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d173',
    500: '#e2be2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2be2e;
$custom-light: #f0d173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2be2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 75.63,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81009,
    "c": 0.15429,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BE2E

secondary

#2A3D8A

accent

#5BF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BE2E

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

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