#E1BE45#E1BE45

#E1BE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.141 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BE45
RGB	rgb(225, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 69.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -0.23, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 63.02, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0064 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.141 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5416, 53.2670, 13.2485)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BE45 #4568E1

analogous

#E17045 #E1BE45 #B6E145

triadic

#E1BE45 #45E1BE #BE45E1

tetradic

#E1BE45 #45E170 #4568E1 #E145B6

square

#E1BE45 #45E170 #4568E1 #E145B6

split-complementary

#E1BE45 #45B6E1 #7045E1

monochromatic

#947818 #C8A320 #E1BE45 #E9D07A #F2E3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E1BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#E1BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BE45

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BE45	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)

#D2BB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.141 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed17f',
    500: '#e1be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1be45;
$custom-light: #eed17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.538,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81064,
    "c": 0.14111,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BE45

secondary

#324998

accent

#62EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BE45

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

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