#E3BE4E#E3BE4E

#E3BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.135 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BE4E
RGB	rgb(227, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 65.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, 1.11, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 59.61, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0016 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.135 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4698, 53.7108, 14.8625)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BE4E #4E73E3

analogous

#E3744E #E3BE4E #BDE34E

triadic

#E3BE4E #4EE3BE #BE4EE3

tetradic

#E3BE4E #4EE374 #4E73E3 #E34EBD

square

#E3BE4E #4EE374 #4E73E3 #E34EBD

split-complementary

#E3BE4E #4EBDE3 #744EE3

monochromatic

#9E7D19 #D3A621 #E3BE4E #EBD183 #F4E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E3BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#E3BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BE4E

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BE4E	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.135 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd184',
    500: '#e3be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3be4e;
$custom-light: #efd184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81336,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BE4E

secondary

#344FA1

accent

#66EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BE4E

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

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