#E0BC4C#E0BC4C
#E0BC4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.135 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E0BC4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 188, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 70%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 66%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 66.1%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.48, 0.77, 59.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.48, 59.51, 89.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.63% -0.0026 0.1347) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.63% 0.135 91.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.0307, 52.3384, 14.3032) |
| Luminance | 0.5234 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.09
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.47
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.99
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.03
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.58
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E0BC4C #4C70E0
analogous
#E0724C #E0BC4C #BAE04C
triadic
#E0BC4C #4CE0BC #BC4CE0
tetradic
#E0BC4C #4CE072 #4C70E0 #E04CBA
square
#E0BC4C #4CE072 #4C70E0 #E04CBA
split-complementary
#E0BC4C #4CBAE0 #724CE0
monochromatic
#97791A #CCA323 #E0BC4C #E9D080 #F2E3B4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.83
#E0BC4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.47
#E0BC4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E0BC4C
11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E0BC4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E0BC4C | 1.00 | 1.83 | 11.47 | 11.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B93F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C451
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2ADA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e0bc4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 188, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.135 91.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edcf83',
500: '#e0bc4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e0bc4c; $custom-light: #edcf83; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e0bc4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 188,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.405,
"s": 70.476,
"l": 58.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80625,
"c": 0.13476,
"h": 91.1
},
"luminance": 0.52336
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E0BC4C
secondary
#354E9B
accent
#66ED3B
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E