#E1BE4E#E1BE4E

#E1BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.135 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BE4E
RGB	rgb(225, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 65.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, 0.26, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 59.34, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0039 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.135 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8425, 53.3874, 14.8331)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BE4E #4E71E1

analogous

#E1754E #E1BE4E #BBE14E

triadic

#E1BE4E #4EE1BE #BE4EE1

tetradic

#E1BE4E #4EE175 #4E71E1 #E14EBB

square

#E1BE4E #4EE175 #4E71E1 #E14EBB

split-complementary

#E1BE4E #4EBBE1 #754EE1

monochromatic

#9A7C1A #CFA623 #E1BE4E #EAD182 #F3E4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E1BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#E1BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BE4E

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BE4E	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.135 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed184',
    500: '#e1be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1be4e;
$custom-light: #eed184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81142,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BE4E

secondary

#354E9E

accent

#65EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BE4E

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

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