#E2BE4A#E2BE4A

#E2BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.138 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BE4A
RGB	rgb(226, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 67.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, 0.46, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 61.13, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0039 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.138 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0161, 53.4930, 14.1153)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BE4A #4A6EE2

analogous

#E2724A #E2BE4A #BAE24A

triadic

#E2BE4A #4AE2BE #BE4AE2

tetradic

#E2BE4A #4AE272 #4A6EE2 #E24ABA

square

#E2BE4A #4AE272 #4A6EE2 #E24ABA

split-complementary

#E2BE4A #4ABAE2 #724AE2

monochromatic

#997B19 #CEA521 #E2BE4A #EAD17F #F3E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E2BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#E2BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BE4A

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BE4A	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)

#D2BB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.138 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd182',
    500: '#e2be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2be4a;
$custom-light: #efd182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81203,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BE4A

secondary

#334C9D

accent

#64EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BE4A

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

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