#E5BF46#E5BF46

#E5BF46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.142 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BF46
RGB	rgb(229, 191, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 69.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, 1.00, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 63.40, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.003 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.142 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0522, 54.3649, 13.5450)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BF46 #466CE5

analogous

#E56F46 #E5BF46 #BCE546

triadic

#E5BF46 #46E5BF #BF46E5

tetradic

#E5BF46 #46E56F #466CE5 #E546BC

square

#E5BF46 #46E56F #466CE5 #E546BC

split-complementary

#E5BF46 #46BCE5 #6F46E5

monochromatic

#9B7B16 #D0A61D #E5BF46 #EDD27C #F4E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E5BF46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#E5BF46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BF46

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BF46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BF46	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bf46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 191, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.142 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d180',
    500: '#e5bf46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bf46;
$custom-light: #f1d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bf46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.66,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81661,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BF46

secondary

#314B9E

accent

#63F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BF46

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

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