#E2BE4C#E2BE4C

#E2BE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.136 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BE4C
RGB	rgb(226, 190, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 66.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, 0.57, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 60.31, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0033 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.136 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.0846, 53.5204, 14.4758)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BE4C #4C70E2

analogous

#E2734C #E2BE4C #BBE24C

triadic

#E2BE4C #4CE2BE #BE4CE2

tetradic

#E2BE4C #4CE273 #4C70E2 #E24CBB

square

#E2BE4C #4CE273 #4C70E2 #E24CBB

split-complementary

#E2BE4C #4CBBE2 #734CE2

monochromatic

#9B7B19 #CFA622 #E2BE4C #EBD181 #F3E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E2BE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#E2BE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BE4C

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BE4C	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	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)

#D2BB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2be4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 190, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.136 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd183',
    500: '#e2be4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2be4c;
$custom-light: #efd183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2be4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81221,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BE4C

secondary

#344E9E

accent

#65EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BE4C

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

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