#E4BE48#E4BE48

#E4BE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.140 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BE48
RGB	rgb(228, 190, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, 1.20, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 62.22, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0021 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.14 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5808, 53.7918, 13.7957)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BE48 #486EE4

analogous

#E47048 #E4BE48 #BCE448

triadic

#E4BE48 #48E4BE #BE48E4

tetradic

#E4BE48 #48E470 #486EE4 #E448BC

square

#E4BE48 #48E470 #486EE4 #E448BC

split-complementary

#E4BE48 #48BCE4 #7048E4

monochromatic

#9B7B17 #D0A51F #E4BE48 #ECD17D #F4E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E4BE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#E4BE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BE48

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BE48	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4be48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 190, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.140 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d181',
    500: '#e4be48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4be48;
$custom-light: #f0d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4be48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.385,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8138,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BE48

secondary

#324C9E

accent

#64F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BE48

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

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