#E4BE4A#E4BE4A

#E4BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.138 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BE4A
RGB	rgb(228, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, 1.31, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 61.40, 88.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0015 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.138 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.6471, 53.8183, 14.1449)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BE4A #4A70E4

analogous

#E4714A #E4BE4A #BDE44A

triadic

#E4BE4A #4AE4BE #BE4AE4

tetradic

#E4BE4A #4AE471 #4A70E4 #E44ABD

square

#E4BE4A #4AE471 #4A70E4 #E44ABD

split-complementary

#E4BE4A #4ABDE4 #714AE4

monochromatic

#9C7B17 #D2A61F #E4BE4A #ECD17F #F4E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E4BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#E4BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BE4A

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BE4A	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)

#D2BC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.138 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d182',
    500: '#e4be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4be4a;
$custom-light: #f0d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.195,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81397,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BE4A

secondary

#334EA0

accent

#65F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BE4A

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

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