#E2BE4E#E2BE4E

#E2BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.135 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BE4E
RGB	rgb(226, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 65.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, 0.69, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 59.47, 89.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0027 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.135 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1552, 53.5486, 14.8477)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BE4E #4E72E2

analogous

#E2744E #E2BE4E #BCE24E

triadic

#E2BE4E #4EE2BE #BE4EE2

tetradic

#E2BE4E #4EE274 #4E72E2 #E24EBC

square

#E2BE4E #4EE274 #4E72E2 #E24EBC

split-complementary

#E2BE4E #4EBCE2 #744EE2

monochromatic

#9C7C1A #D1A622 #E2BE4E #EBD183 #F3E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E2BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#E2BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BE4E

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BE4E	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)

#D2BB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.135 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd184',
    500: '#e2be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2be4e;
$custom-light: #efd184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81239,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BE4E

secondary

#354F9F

accent

#65EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BE4E

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

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