#E3BE49#E3BE49

#E3BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.139 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BE49
RGB	rgb(227, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, 0.83, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 61.68, 89.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.003 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.139 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2973, 53.6418, 13.9540)
Luminance	0.5364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BE49 #496EE3

analogous

#E37149 #E3BE49 #BBE349

triadic

#E3BE49 #49E3BE #BE49E3

tetradic

#E3BE49 #49E371 #496EE3 #E349BB

square

#E3BE49 #49E371 #496EE3 #E349BB

split-complementary

#E3BE49 #49BBE3 #7149E3

monochromatic

#9A7B18 #CFA520 #E3BE49 #EBD17E #F3E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E3BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#E3BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BE49

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BE49	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.139 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d182',
    500: '#e3be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3be49;
$custom-light: #f0d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.584,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81291,
    "c": 0.13875,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BE49

secondary

#334C9E

accent

#64F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BE49

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

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