#E5BE47#E5BE47

#E5BE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.141 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BE47
RGB	rgb(229, 190, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 69%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, 1.57, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 62.75, 88.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0012 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.141 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8667, 53.9430, 13.6402)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BE47 #476EE5

analogous

#E56F47 #E5BE47 #BDE547

triadic

#E5BE47 #47E5BE #BE47E5

tetradic

#E5BE47 #47E56F #476EE5 #E547BD

square

#E5BE47 #47E56F #476EE5 #E547BD

split-complementary

#E5BE47 #47BDE5 #6F47E5

monochromatic

#9C7B16 #D1A51E #E5BE47 #EDD17D #F4E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E5BE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#E5BE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BE47

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BE47	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)

#D3BC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5be47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 190, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.141 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d180',
    500: '#e5be47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5be47;
$custom-light: #f1d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5be47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.19,
    "s": 75.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8147,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BE47

secondary

#314C9F

accent

#64F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BE47

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

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