#E1BE4A#E1BE4A

#E1BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.138 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BE4A
RGB	rgb(225, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, 0.04, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 61.00, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.005 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.138 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7034, 53.3317, 14.1006)
Luminance	0.5333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BE4A #4A6DE1

analogous

#E1724A #E1BE4A #B8E14A

triadic

#E1BE4A #4AE1BE #BE4AE1

tetradic

#E1BE4A #4AE172 #4A6DE1 #E14AB8

square

#E1BE4A #4AE172 #4A6DE1 #E14AB8

split-complementary

#E1BE4A #4AB8E1 #724AE1

monochromatic

#977A19 #CCA522 #E1BE4A #EAD17E #F2E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E1BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#E1BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BE4A

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BE4A	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.138 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed182',
    500: '#e1be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1be4a;
$custom-light: #eed182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81106,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BE4A

secondary

#344C9B

accent

#63EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BE4A

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

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