#E2BE51#E2BE51

#E2BE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.133 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BE51
RGB	rgb(226, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, 0.87, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 58.20, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0018 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.133 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2652, 53.5926, 15.4272)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BE51 #5175E2

analogous

#E27551 #E2BE51 #BEE251

triadic

#E2BE51 #51E2BE #BE51E2

tetradic

#E2BE51 #51E275 #5175E2 #E251BE

square

#E2BE51 #51E275 #5175E2 #E251BE

split-complementary

#E2BE51 #51BEE2 #7551E2

monochromatic

#9E7D1A #D3A723 #E2BE51 #EBD285 #F3E5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E2BE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#E2BE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BE51

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BE51	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2be51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.133 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd186',
    500: '#e2be51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2be51;
$custom-light: #efd186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2be51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81268,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BE51

secondary

#3651A1

accent

#42D312

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BE51

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

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