#E0BC4E#E0BC4E
#E0BC4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.133 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E0BC4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 188, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 70%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 65%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 65.2%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.50, 0.88, 58.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.50, 58.67, 89.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.64% -0.002 0.1333) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.64% 0.133 90.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.1014, 52.3666, 14.6751) |
| Luminance | 0.5236 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.27
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.69
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.10
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.21
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.63
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E0BC4E #4E72E0
analogous
#E0734E #E0BC4E #BBE04E
triadic
#E0BC4E #4EE0BC #BC4EE0
tetradic
#E0BC4E #4EE073 #4E72E0 #E04EBB
square
#E0BC4E #4EE073 #4E72E0 #E04EBB
split-complementary
#E0BC4E #4EBBE0 #734EE0
monochromatic
#997A1B #CDA324 #E0BC4E #E9D082 #F2E3B6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.83
#E0BC4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.47
#E0BC4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E0BC4E
11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E0BC4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E0BC4E | 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)
#CFBA41
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C453
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1AEA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e0bc4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 188, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.133 90.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edcf84',
500: '#e0bc4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e0bc4e; $custom-light: #edcf84; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e0bc4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 188,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.205,
"s": 70.192,
"l": 59.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80644,
"c": 0.13327,
"h": 90.9
},
"luminance": 0.52364
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E0BC4E
secondary
#354F9D
accent
#67ED3B
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E