#E2BE49#E2BE49

#E2BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.139 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BE49
RGB	rgb(226, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, 0.40, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 61.54, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0041 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.139 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9827, 53.4796, 13.9393)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BE49 #496DE2

analogous

#E27149 #E2BE49 #BAE249

triadic

#E2BE49 #49E2BE #BE49E2

tetradic

#E2BE49 #49E271 #496DE2 #E249BA

square

#E2BE49 #49E271 #496DE2 #E249BA

split-complementary

#E2BE49 #49BAE2 #7149E2

monochromatic

#987A18 #CDA521 #E2BE49 #EAD17E #F3E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E2BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#E2BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BE49

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BE49	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.139 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd182',
    500: '#e2be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2be49;
$custom-light: #efd182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81194,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BE49

secondary

#334C9C

accent

#64EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BE49

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

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