#E1BE49#E1BE49

#E1BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.138 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BE49
RGB	rgb(225, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -0.02, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 61.41, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0053 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.138 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.6700, 53.3184, 13.9246)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BE49 #496CE1

analogous

#E17249 #E1BE49 #B8E149

triadic

#E1BE49 #49E1BE #BE49E1

tetradic

#E1BE49 #49E172 #496CE1 #E149B8

square

#E1BE49 #49E172 #496CE1 #E149B8

split-complementary

#E1BE49 #49B8E1 #7249E1

monochromatic

#977A19 #CBA422 #E1BE49 #EAD17E #F2E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E1BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#E1BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BE49

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BE49	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.138 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed181',
    500: '#e1be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1be49;
$custom-light: #eed181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.184,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81097,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BE49

secondary

#334B9B

accent

#63EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BE49

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

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