#E2BF51#E2BF51
#E2BF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.133 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2BF51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 191, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 71%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 64%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 64.2%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.48, 0.35, 58.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.48, 58.47, 89.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.47% -0.0033 0.1332) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.47% 0.133 91.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.4826, 54.0273, 15.4996) |
| Luminance | 0.5402 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.81
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.41
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.07
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.12
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.30
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2BF51 #5174E2
analogous
#E27651 #E2BF51 #BDE251
triadic
#E2BF51 #51E2BF #BF51E2
tetradic
#E2BF51 #51E276 #5174E2 #E251BD
square
#E2BF51 #51E276 #5174E2 #E251BD
split-complementary
#E2BF51 #51BDE2 #7651E2
monochromatic
#9E7E1A #D3A823 #E2BF51 #EBD285 #F3E6BA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.78
#E2BF51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.80
#E2BF51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2BF51
11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2BF51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2BF51 | 1.00 | 1.78 | 11.80 | 11.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.78 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BC44
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC656
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3B1A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2bf51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 191, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.133 91.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efd286',
500: '#e2bf51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2bf51; $custom-light: #efd286; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2bf51",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 191,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.517,
"s": 71.429,
"l": 60.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81468,
"c": 0.13326,
"h": 91.4
},
"luminance": 0.54024
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2BF51
secondary
#3650A1
accent
#41D312
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E