#E2BF40#E2BF40

#E2BF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.145 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BF40
RGB	rgb(226, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -0.57, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 65.33, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.008 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.145 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9230, 53.8034, 12.5524)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BF40 #4063E2

analogous

#E26E40 #E2BF40 #B4E240

triadic

#E2BF40 #40E2BF #BF40E2

tetradic

#E2BF40 #40E26E #4063E2 #E240B4

square

#E2BF40 #40E26E #4063E2 #E240B4

split-complementary

#E2BF40 #40B4E2 #6E40E2

monochromatic

#927716 #C7A21E #E2BF40 #EAD175 #F2E3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E2BF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#E2BF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BF40

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BF40	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2bf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.145 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd17d',
    500: '#e2bf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2bf40;
$custom-light: #efd17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2bf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.037,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81323,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BF40

secondary

#304696

accent

#5FF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BF40

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

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