#E2BF09#E2BF09

#E2BF09 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.165 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BF09
RGB	rgb(226, 191, 9)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 96%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 96%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -2.03, 78.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 78.78, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.016 0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.165 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0472, 53.4531, 7.9398)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BF09 #092CE2

analogous

#E25309 #E2BF09 #98E209

triadic

#E2BF09 #09E2BF #BF09E2

tetradic

#E2BF09 #09E253 #092CE2 #E20998

square

#E2BF09 #09E253 #092CE2 #E20998

split-complementary

#E2BF09 #0998E2 #5309E2

monochromatic

#6C5C04 #A78D07 #E2BF09 #F7D731 #F9E26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E2BF09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#E2BF09 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BF09

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BF09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BF09	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2bf09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 191, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.165 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d169',
    500: '#e2bf09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2bf09;
$custom-light: #f1d169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2bf09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 92.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81096,
    "c": 0.16547,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BF09

secondary

#192876

accent

#4BFF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF0

border

#D7D4CB

text

#181407

muted

#86837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BF09

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

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