#E2BE44#E2BE44

#E2BE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.142 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BE44
RGB	rgb(226, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 69.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, 0.14, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 63.54, 89.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0055 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.142 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8236, 53.4160, 13.1011)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BE44 #4468E2

analogous

#E26F44 #E2BE44 #B7E244

triadic

#E2BE44 #44E2BE #BE44E2

tetradic

#E2BE44 #44E26F #4468E2 #E244B7

square

#E2BE44 #44E26F #4468E2 #E244B7

split-complementary

#E2BE44 #44B7E2 #6F44E2

monochromatic

#957817 #CAA31F #E2BE44 #EAD079 #F2E3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E2BE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#E2BE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BE44

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BE44	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2be44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.142 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd17f',
    500: '#e2be44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2be44;
$custom-light: #efd17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2be44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.329,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81153,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BE44

secondary

#314999

accent

#62F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BE44

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

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