#E9BE3D#E9BE3D

#E9BE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.148 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9BE3D
RGB	rgb(233, 190, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 73.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, 2.80, 67.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 67.13, 87.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% 0.001 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.148 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8631, 54.4908, 12.1474)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9BE3D #3D68E9

analogous

#E9683D #E9BE3D #BEE93D

triadic

#E9BE3D #3DE9BE #BE3DE9

tetradic

#E9BE3D #3DE968 #3D68E9 #E93DBE

square

#E9BE3D #3DE968 #3D68E9 #E93DBE

split-complementary

#E9BE3D #3DBEE9 #683DE9

monochromatic

#9A7811 #D1A318 #E9BE3D #EFD074 #F5E3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E9BE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#E9BE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9BE3D

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9BE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9BE3D	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9be3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 190, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.148 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d17b',
    500: '#e9be3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9be3d;
$custom-light: #f5d17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9be3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 79.63,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81788,
    "c": 0.14778,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9BE3D

secondary

#2D499D

accent

#63F632

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9BE3D

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

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