#E5BE44#E5BE44

#E5BE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.143 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BE44
RGB	rgb(229, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 70.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, 1.42, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 63.94, 88.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.002 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.143 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7728, 53.9054, 13.1456)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BE44 #446BE5

analogous

#E56D44 #E5BE44 #BBE544

triadic

#E5BE44 #44E5BE #BE44E5

tetradic

#E5BE44 #44E56D #446BE5 #E544BB

square

#E5BE44 #44E56D #446BE5 #E544BB

split-complementary

#E5BE44 #44BBE5 #6D44E5

monochromatic

#997915 #CFA41D #E5BE44 #ECD17A #F4E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E5BE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#E5BE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BE44

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BE44	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5be44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.143 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d17f',
    500: '#e5be44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5be44;
$custom-light: #f1d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5be44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.466,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81445,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BE44

secondary

#304B9D

accent

#63F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BE44

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

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