#E6BE44#E6BE44

#E6BE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.143 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BE44
RGB	rgb(230, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 70.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, 1.84, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 64.08, 88.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0008 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.143 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0928, 54.0704, 13.1606)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BE44 #446CE6

analogous

#E66D44 #E6BE44 #BDE644

triadic

#E6BE44 #44E6BE #BE44E6

tetradic

#E6BE44 #44E66D #446CE6 #E644BD

square

#E6BE44 #44E66D #446CE6 #E644BD

split-complementary

#E6BE44 #44BDE6 #6D44E6

monochromatic

#9B7A15 #D1A41C #E6BE44 #EDD17A #F4E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E6BE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#E6BE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BE44

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BE44	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)

#D3BC33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6be44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.143 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d17f',
    500: '#e6be44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6be44;
$custom-light: #f2d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6be44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.185,
    "s": 76.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81543,
    "c": 0.14279,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BE44

secondary

#304B9E

accent

#64F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BE44

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

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