#E5BE41#E5BE41

#E5BE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.144 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BE41
RGB	rgb(229, 190, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 71.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, 1.27, 65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 65.09, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0027 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.144 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6835, 53.8697, 12.6757)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BE41 #4168E5

analogous

#E56C41 #E5BE41 #BAE541

triadic

#E5BE41 #41E5BE #BE41E5

tetradic

#E5BE41 #41E56C #4168E5 #E541BA

square

#E5BE41 #41E56C #4168E5 #E541BA

split-complementary

#E5BE41 #41BAE5 #6C41E5

monochromatic

#977815 #CDA31C #E5BE41 #ECD077 #F4E3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E5BE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#E5BE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BE41

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BE41	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)

#D3BB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5be41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 190, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.144 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d17d',
    500: '#e5be41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5be41;
$custom-light: #f1d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5be41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.732,
    "s": 75.926,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81422,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BE41

secondary

#2F499B

accent

#62F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BE41

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

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