#E6BE40#E6BE40

#E6BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.145 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BE40
RGB	rgb(230, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 72.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, 1.65, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 65.60, 88.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0018 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.145 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.9749, 54.0233, 12.5395)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BE40 #4068E6

analogous

#E66B40 #E6BE40 #BBE640

triadic

#E6BE40 #40E6BE #BE40E6

tetradic

#E6BE40 #40E66B #4068E6 #E640BB

square

#E6BE40 #40E66B #4068E6 #E640BB

split-complementary

#E6BE40 #40BBE6 #6B40E6

monochromatic

#987814 #CEA31B #E6BE40 #EDD076 #F4E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E6BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#E6BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BE40

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BE40	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.145 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d17c',
    500: '#e6be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6be40;
$custom-light: #f2d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.542,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81513,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BE40

secondary

#2F499B

accent

#62F334

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BE40

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

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