#E2BE52#E2BE52

#E2BE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.132 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BE52
RGB	rgb(226, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, 0.93, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 57.77, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.0015 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.132 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3030, 53.6077, 15.6261)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BE52 #5276E2

analogous

#E27652 #E2BE52 #BEE252

triadic

#E2BE52 #52E2BE #BE52E2

tetradic

#E2BE52 #52E276 #5276E2 #E252BE

square

#E2BE52 #52E276 #5276E2 #E252BE

split-complementary

#E2BE52 #52BEE2 #7652E2

monochromatic

#9F7E1B #D3A723 #E2BE52 #EBD286 #F4E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E2BE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#E2BE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BE52

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BE52	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)

#D1BC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2be52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.132 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd187',
    500: '#e2be52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2be52;
$custom-light: #efd187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2be52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81277,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BE52

secondary

#3651A2

accent

#42D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BE52

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

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