#E2BE3B#E2BE3B

#E2BE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.148 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BE3B
RGB	rgb(226, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 73.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -0.28, 66.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 66.92, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0076 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.148 93)
XYZ	xyz(50.5697, 53.3144, 11.7640)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BE3B #3B5FE2

analogous

#E26A3B #E2BE3B #B2E23B

triadic

#E2BE3B #3BE2BE #BE3BE2

tetradic

#E2BE3B #3BE26A #3B5FE2 #E23BB2

square

#E2BE3B #3BE26A #3B5FE2 #E23BB2

split-complementary

#E2BE3B #3BB2E2 #6A3BE2

monochromatic

#8E7415 #C39F1D #E2BE3B #EAD070 #F2E1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E2BE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#E2BE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BE3B

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BE3B	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2be3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.148 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd17a',
    500: '#e2be3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2be3b;
$custom-light: #efd17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2be3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.066,
    "s": 74.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81086,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.53311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BE3B

secondary

#2E4493

accent

#5FF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BE3B

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

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