#E6BE39#E6BE39

#E6BE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.149 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BE39
RGB	rgb(230, 190, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 75.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, 1.35, 68.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 68.14, 88.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0034 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.149 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.7881, 53.9485, 11.5555)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BE39 #3961E6

analogous

#E66839 #E6BE39 #B8E639

triadic

#E6BE39 #39E6BE #BE39E6

tetradic

#E6BE39 #39E668 #3961E6 #E639B8

square

#E6BE39 #39E668 #3961E6 #E639B8

split-complementary

#E6BE39 #39B8E6 #6839E6

monochromatic

#927512 #C8A019 #E6BE39 #EDD06F #F4E2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E6BE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#E6BE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BE39

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BE39	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)

#D3BB21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6be39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 190, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.149 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d179',
    500: '#e6be39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6be39;
$custom-light: #f2d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6be39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.127,
    "s": 77.578,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81465,
    "c": 0.1494,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BE39

secondary

#2D4597

accent

#60F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BE39

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

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