#E5BD44#E5BD44

#E5BD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.142 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BD44
RGB	rgb(229, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 70.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, 1.94, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 63.70, 88.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0005 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.142 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5569, 53.4737, 13.0736)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BD44 #446CE5

analogous

#E56C44 #E5BD44 #BDE544

triadic

#E5BD44 #44E5BD #BD44E5

tetradic

#E5BD44 #44E56C #446CE5 #E544BD

square

#E5BD44 #44E56C #446CE5 #E544BD

split-complementary

#E5BD44 #44BDE5 #6C44E5

monochromatic

#997815 #CFA31D #E5BD44 #ECD07A #F4E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E5BD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#E5BD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BD44

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BD44	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.142 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d07f',
    500: '#e5bd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bd44;
$custom-light: #f1d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.093,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81246,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BD44

secondary

#304B9D

accent

#64F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BD44

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

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