#e2b50e

Color #e2b50e

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 10.41 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#e2b50e

RGB

rgb(226, 181, 14)

HSL

hsl(47.3, 88.3%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47.3, 93.8%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 93.8%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(75.61, 3.23, 76.34)

LCH

lch(75.61, 76.41, 87.58)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.1596, 90.36)

HWB

hwb(47.3, 5.5%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0e3be2

Analogous

#e24b0e

#e2b50e

#a5e20e

Triadic

#e2b50e

#0ee2b5

#b50ee2

Split-complementary

#e2b50e

#0ea5e2

#4b0ee2

Tetradic

#e2b50e

#3be20e

#0e3be2

#b50ee2

Square

#e2b50e

#0ee24b

#0e3be2

#e20ea5

Shades

Color #e2b50e mixed toward black.

#bc970c

#977909

#715b07

#4b3c05

#261e02

Tints

Color #e2b50e mixed toward white.

#f2c82b

#f4d356

#f7de80

#fae9aa

#fcf4d5

Tones

Color #e2b50e mixed toward gray.

#d0ab20

#bfa131

#ad9743

#9b8c55

#8a8266

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d0d05f · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#d3d669 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#e07c82 · ΔE 42.5

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 28.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e2b50e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e2b50e]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#e2b50e (#e2b50e) is rgb(226, 181, 14) in RGB.

No, #e2b50e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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