#E3BE45#E3BE45

#E3BE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.141 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BE45
RGB	rgb(227, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 69.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, 0.62, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 63.28, 89.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.004 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.141 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1689, 53.5905, 13.2779)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BE45 #456AE3

analogous

#E36F45 #E3BE45 #B9E345

triadic

#E3BE45 #45E3BE #BE45E3

tetradic

#E3BE45 #45E36F #456AE3 #E345B9

square

#E3BE45 #45E36F #456AE3 #E345B9

split-complementary

#E3BE45 #45B9E3 #6F45E3

monochromatic

#977917 #CCA31F #E3BE45 #EBD17A #F3E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E3BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#E3BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BE45

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BE45	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.141 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d17f',
    500: '#e3be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3be45;
$custom-light: #f0d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.949,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81258,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BE45

secondary

#314A9B

accent

#63F037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BE45

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

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