#E3BE43#E3BE43

#E3BE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.143 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BE43
RGB	rgb(227, 190, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 70.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, 0.52, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 64.06, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0046 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.143 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1079, 53.5661, 12.9565)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BE43 #4368E3

analogous

#E36E43 #E3BE43 #B8E343

triadic

#E3BE43 #43E3BE #BE43E3

tetradic

#E3BE43 #43E36E #4368E3 #E343B8

square

#E3BE43 #43E36E #4368E3 #E343B8

split-complementary

#E3BE43 #43B8E3 #6E43E3

monochromatic

#957816 #CBA31E #E3BE43 #EBD078 #F3E3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E3BE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#E3BE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BE43

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BE43	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3be43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 190, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.143 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d17e',
    500: '#e3be43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3be43;
$custom-light: #f0d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3be43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.125,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81242,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BE43

secondary

#31499A

accent

#62F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BE43

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

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