#E5BF48#E5BF48

#E5BF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.140 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BF48
RGB	rgb(229, 191, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, 1.10, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 62.60, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0024 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.14 91)
XYZ	xyz(52.1164, 54.3906, 13.8830)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BF48 #486EE5

analogous

#E57148 #E5BF48 #BDE548

triadic

#E5BF48 #48E5BF #BF48E5

tetradic

#E5BF48 #48E571 #486EE5 #E548BD

square

#E5BF48 #48E571 #486EE5 #E548BD

split-complementary

#E5BF48 #48BDE5 #7148E5

monochromatic

#9C7C16 #D2A61E #E5BF48 #EDD27E #F4E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E5BF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#E5BF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BF48

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BF48	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 191, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.140 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d281',
    500: '#e5bf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bf48;
$custom-light: #f1d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.478,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81677,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.54387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BF48

secondary

#324CA0

accent

#63F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BF48

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

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