#E3BE4A#E3BE4A

#E3BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.138 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BE4A
RGB	rgb(227, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 67.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, 0.88, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 61.27, 89.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0027 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.138 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3307, 53.6552, 14.1301)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BE4A #4A6FE3

analogous

#E3724A #E3BE4A #BCE34A

triadic

#E3BE4A #4AE3BE #BE4AE3

tetradic

#E3BE4A #4AE372 #4A6FE3 #E34ABC

square

#E3BE4A #4AE372 #4A6FE3 #E34ABC

split-complementary

#E3BE4A #4ABCE3 #724AE3

monochromatic

#9B7B18 #D0A520 #E3BE4A #EBD17F #F3E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E3BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#E3BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BE4A

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BE4A	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)

#D2BB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.138 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d182',
    500: '#e3be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3be4a;
$custom-light: #f0d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.813,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BE4A

secondary

#334D9E

accent

#64F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BE4A

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

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