#E0BE49#E0BE49
#E0BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.138 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E0BE49 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 190, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 71%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 67%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 67.4%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.97, -0.44, 61.29) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.97, 61.29, 90.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81% -0.0064 0.138) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81% 0.138 92.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.3591, 53.1581, 13.9101) |
| Luminance | 0.5315 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.18
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.29
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.47
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.51
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 5.40
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E0BE49 #496BE0
analogous
#E07249 #E0BE49 #B6E049
triadic
#E0BE49 #49E0BE #BE49E0
tetradic
#E0BE49 #49E072 #496BE0 #E049B6
square
#E0BE49 #49E072 #496BE0 #E049B6
split-complementary
#E0BE49 #49B6E0 #7249E0
monochromatic
#957919 #C9A422 #E0BE49 #E9D17D #F2E3B2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E0BE49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.63
#E0BE49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E0BE49
11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E0BE49 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E0BE49 | 1.00 | 1.81 | 11.63 | 11.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BB3A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC54F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2AFA6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e0be49; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 190, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.138 92.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edd181',
500: '#e0be49',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e0be49; $custom-light: #edd181; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e0be49",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 190,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.49,
"s": 70.892,
"l": 58.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81001,
"c": 0.13816,
"h": 92.7
},
"luminance": 0.53155
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E0BE49
secondary
#344B9A
accent
#63EE3A
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E