#E1BE4D#E1BE4D

#E1BE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.135 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BE4D
RGB	rgb(225, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, 0.21, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 59.76, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0042 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.135 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.8069, 53.3731, 14.6457)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BE4D #4D70E1

analogous

#E1744D #E1BE4D #BAE14D

triadic

#E1BE4D #4DE1BE #BE4DE1

tetradic

#E1BE4D #4DE174 #4D70E1 #E14DBA

square

#E1BE4D #4DE174 #4D70E1 #E14DBA

split-complementary

#E1BE4D #4DBAE1 #744DE1

monochromatic

#9A7B1A #CEA623 #E1BE4D #EAD181 #F3E4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E1BE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#E1BE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BE4D

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BE4D	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)

#D2BB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1be4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.135 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed184',
    500: '#e1be4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1be4d;
$custom-light: #eed184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1be4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81133,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BE4D

secondary

#354E9D

accent

#64EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BE4D

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

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