#E8BB2E#E8BB2E

#E8BB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.154 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BB2E
RGB	rgb(232, 187, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 80.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, 3.37, 71.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 71.35, 87.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81% 0.0012 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.154 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5454, 52.8971, 10.0795)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BB2E #2E5BE8

analogous

#E85E2E #E8BB2E #B8E82E

triadic

#E8BB2E #2EE8BB #BB2EE8

tetradic

#E8BB2E #2EE85E #2E5BE8 #E82EB8

square

#E8BB2E #2EE85E #2E5BE8 #E82EB8

split-complementary

#E8BB2E #2EB8E8 #5E2EE8

monochromatic

#8C6E0F #C39915 #E8BB2E #EECD65 #F4DF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E8BB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#E8BB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BB2E

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BB2E	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8bb2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 187, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.154 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cf73',
    500: '#e8bb2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8bb2e;
$custom-light: #f4cf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8bb2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 80.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81004,
    "c": 0.15379,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BB2E

secondary

#294291

accent

#61F731

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF1

border

#D7D3CB

text

#181309

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BB2E

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

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