#E5BE45#E5BE45

#E5BE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.142 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BE45
RGB	rgb(229, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 69.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, 1.47, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 63.55, 88.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0017 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.142 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8035, 53.9177, 13.3077)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BE45 #456CE5

analogous

#E56E45 #E5BE45 #BCE545

triadic

#E5BE45 #45E5BE #BE45E5

tetradic

#E5BE45 #45E56E #456CE5 #E545BC

square

#E5BE45 #45E56E #456CE5 #E545BC

split-complementary

#E5BE45 #45BCE5 #6E45E5

monochromatic

#9A7A16 #D0A41D #E5BE45 #EDD17B #F4E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E5BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#E5BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BE45

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BE45	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)

#D3BC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.142 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d17f',
    500: '#e5be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5be45;
$custom-light: #f1d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.375,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81453,
    "c": 0.14191,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BE45

secondary

#314B9E

accent

#64F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BE45

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

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