#E1BE42#E1BE42

#E1BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.143 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BE42
RGB	rgb(225, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -0.38, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 64.19, 90.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0071 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.143 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4508, 53.2307, 12.7704)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BE42 #4265E1

analogous

#E16E42 #E1BE42 #B5E142

triadic

#E1BE42 #42E1BE #BE42E1

tetradic

#E1BE42 #42E16E #4265E1 #E142B5

square

#E1BE42 #42E16E #4265E1 #E142B5

split-complementary

#E1BE42 #42B5E1 #6E42E1

monochromatic

#927717 #C6A21F #E1BE42 #E9D077 #F2E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E1BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#E1BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BE42

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BE42	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.143 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed17e',
    500: '#e1be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1be42;
$custom-light: #eed17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.792,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8104,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BE42

secondary

#314796

accent

#61EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BE42

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

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