#E5BE46#E5BE46

#E5BE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.141 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BE46
RGB	rgb(229, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 69.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, 1.52, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 63.15, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0015 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.141 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8349, 53.9302, 13.4725)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BE46 #466DE5

analogous

#E56E46 #E5BE46 #BCE546

triadic

#E5BE46 #46E5BE #BE46E5

tetradic

#E5BE46 #46E56E #466DE5 #E546BC

square

#E5BE46 #46E56E #466DE5 #E546BC

split-complementary

#E5BE46 #46BCE5 #6E46E5

monochromatic

#9B7A16 #D0A51D #E5BE46 #EDD17C #F4E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E5BE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#E5BE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BE46

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BE46	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5be46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.141 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d180',
    500: '#e5be46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5be46;
$custom-light: #f1d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5be46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81461,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BE46

secondary

#314C9E

accent

#64F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BE46

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

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