#E4BE4B#E4BE4B

#E4BE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.138 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BE4B
RGB	rgb(228, 190, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, 1.36, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 60.99, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0013 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.138 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6811, 53.8319, 14.3237)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BE4B #4B71E4

analogous

#E4724B #E4BE4B #BEE44B

triadic

#E4BE4B #4BE4BE #BE4BE4

tetradic

#E4BE4B #4BE472 #4B71E4 #E44BBE

square

#E4BE4B #4BE472 #4B71E4 #E44BBE

split-complementary

#E4BE4B #4BBEE4 #724BE4

monochromatic

#9D7C18 #D2A620 #E4BE4B #ECD180 #F4E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E4BE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#E4BE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BE4B

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BE4B	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4be4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 190, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.138 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d183',
    500: '#e4be4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4be4b;
$custom-light: #f0d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4be4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81406,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BE4B

secondary

#334EA0

accent

#65F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BE4B

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

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