#E6BE43#E6BE43

#E6BE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.143 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BE43
RGB	rgb(230, 190, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 70.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, 1.79, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 64.46, 88.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0011 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.143 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0626, 54.0583, 13.0012)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BE43 #436BE6

analogous

#E66C43 #E6BE43 #BCE643

triadic

#E6BE43 #43E6BE #BE43E6

tetradic

#E6BE43 #43E66C #436BE6 #E643BC

square

#E6BE43 #43E66C #436BE6 #E643BC

split-complementary

#E6BE43 #43BCE6 #6C43E6

monochromatic

#9A7914 #D0A41C #E6BE43 #EDD179 #F4E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E6BE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#E6BE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BE43

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BE43	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6be43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 190, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.143 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d17e',
    500: '#e6be43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6be43;
$custom-light: #f2d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6be43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.276,
    "s": 76.526,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81536,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BE43

secondary

#304B9E

accent

#63F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BE43

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

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