#E4BE4C#E4BE4C

#E4BE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.137 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BE4C
RGB	rgb(228, 190, 76)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 66.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, 1.42, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 60.58, 88.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.001 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.137 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7156, 53.8457, 14.5054)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BE4C #4C72E4

analogous

#E4724C #E4BE4C #BEE44C

triadic

#E4BE4C #4CE4BE #BE4CE4

tetradic

#E4BE4C #4CE472 #4C72E4 #E44CBE

square

#E4BE4C #4CE472 #4C72E4 #E44CBE

split-complementary

#E4BE4C #4CBEE4 #724CE4

monochromatic

#9E7C18 #D3A620 #E4BE4C #ECD181 #F4E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E4BE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#E4BE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BE4C

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BE4C	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)

#D2BC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4be4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 190, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.137 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d183',
    500: '#e4be4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4be4c;
$custom-light: #f0d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4be4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81415,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BE4C

secondary

#334FA1

accent

#66F037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BE4C

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

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