#E6BE45#E6BE45

#E6BE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.142 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BE45
RGB	rgb(230, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, 1.89, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 63.69, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0006 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.142 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1236, 54.0827, 13.3227)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BE45 #456DE6

analogous

#E66D45 #E6BE45 #BDE645

triadic

#E6BE45 #45E6BE #BE45E6

tetradic

#E6BE45 #45E66D #456DE6 #E645BD

square

#E6BE45 #45E66D #456DE6 #E645BD

split-complementary

#E6BE45 #45BDE6 #6D45E6

monochromatic

#9C7A15 #D2A51C #E6BE45 #EDD17B #F5E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E6BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#E6BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BE45

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BE45	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.142 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d17f',
    500: '#e6be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6be45;
$custom-light: #f2d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.093,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81551,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BE45

secondary

#304C9F

accent

#64F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BE45

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

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