#E1BE55#E1BE55

#E1BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.129 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BE55
RGB	rgb(225, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, 0.70, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 56.32, 89.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0018 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.129 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1069, 53.4931, 16.2259)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BE55 #5578E1

analogous

#E17855 #E1BE55 #BEE155

triadic

#E1BE55 #55E1BE #BE55E1

tetradic

#E1BE55 #55E178 #5578E1 #E155BE

square

#E1BE55 #55E178 #5578E1 #E155BE

split-complementary

#E1BE55 #55BEE1 #7855E1

monochromatic

#9F7F1C #D3A825 #E1BE55 #EAD289 #F3E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E1BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#E1BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BE55

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BE55	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.129 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed189',
    500: '#e1be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1be55;
$custom-light: #eed189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81211,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BE55

secondary

#3852A3

accent

#43D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BE55

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

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