#E4BF49#E4BF49

#E4BF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.140 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BF49
RGB	rgb(228, 191, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, 0.73, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 62.07, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0033 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.14 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8310, 54.2396, 14.0413)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BF49 #496EE4

analogous

#E47249 #E4BF49 #BCE449

triadic

#E4BF49 #49E4BF #BF49E4

tetradic

#E4BF49 #49E472 #496EE4 #E449BC

square

#E4BF49 #49E472 #496EE4 #E449BC

split-complementary

#E4BF49 #49BCE4 #7249E4

monochromatic

#9C7C17 #D1A61F #E4BF49 #ECD27E #F4E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E4BF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#E4BF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BF49

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BF49	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4bf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 191, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.140 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d282',
    500: '#e4bf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4bf49;
$custom-light: #f0d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4bf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.677,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81589,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BF49

secondary

#324C9F

accent

#63F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BF49

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

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