#E2BE4D#E2BE4D

#E2BE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.136 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BE4D
RGB	rgb(226, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 65.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, 0.63, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 59.89, 89.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.003 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.136 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1196, 53.5344, 14.6603)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BE4D #4D71E2

analogous

#E2734D #E2BE4D #BCE24D

triadic

#E2BE4D #4DE2BE #BE4DE2

tetradic

#E2BE4D #4DE273 #4D71E2 #E24DBC

square

#E2BE4D #4DE273 #4D71E2 #E24DBC

split-complementary

#E2BE4D #4DBCE2 #734DE2

monochromatic

#9B7C19 #D0A622 #E2BE4D #EBD182 #F3E4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E2BE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#E2BE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BE4D

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BE4D	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2be4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.136 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd184',
    500: '#e2be4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2be4d;
$custom-light: #efd184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2be4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8123,
    "c": 0.13566,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BE4D

secondary

#344E9F

accent

#65EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BE4D

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

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