#E9BE3B#E9BE3B

#E9BE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.149 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BE3B
RGB	rgb(233, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 74.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, 2.71, 67.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 67.85, 87.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% 0.0005 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.149 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.8102, 54.4697, 11.8690)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BE3B #3B66E9

analogous

#E9673B #E9BE3B #BDE93B

triadic

#E9BE3B #3BE9BE #BE3BE9

tetradic

#E9BE3B #3BE967 #3B66E9 #E93BBD

square

#E9BE3B #3BE967 #3B66E9 #E93BBD

split-complementary

#E9BE3B #3BBDE9 #673BE9

monochromatic

#987711 #D0A217 #E9BE3B #EFD072 #F5E2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9BE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#E9BE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BE3B

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BE3B	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9be3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.149 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d17a',
    500: '#e9be3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9be3b;
$custom-light: #f5d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9be3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.172,
    "s": 79.817,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81775,
    "c": 0.14893,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BE3B

secondary

#2C489C

accent

#62F632

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BE3B

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

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