#E5BF4A#E5BF4A

#E5BF4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.139 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BF4A
RGB	rgb(229, 191, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, 1.21, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 61.79, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0019 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.139 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1827, 54.4171, 14.2322)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BF4A #4A70E5

analogous

#E5724A #E5BF4A #BEE54A

triadic

#E5BF4A #4AE5BF #BF4AE5

tetradic

#E5BF4A #4AE572 #4A70E5 #E54ABE

square

#E5BF4A #4AE572 #4A70E5 #E54ABE

split-complementary

#E5BF4A #4ABEE5 #724AE5

monochromatic

#9E7D17 #D3A71E #E5BF4A #EDD280 #F4E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E5BF4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#E5BF4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BF4A

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BF4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BF4A	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)

#D3BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bf4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 191, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.139 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d282',
    500: '#e5bf4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bf4a;
$custom-light: #f1d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bf4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.29,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81694,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BF4A

secondary

#324DA1

accent

#64F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BF4A

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

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