#E0BD42#E0BD42
#E0BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.142 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E0BD42 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 189, 66) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 72%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 71%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 70.5%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.66, -0.29, 63.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.66, 63.81, 90.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.74% -0.0068 0.1421) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.74% 0.142 92.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.9241, 52.6387, 12.6839) |
| Luminance | 0.5264 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.63
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.62
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 3.90
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.67
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 4.92
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E0BD42 #4265E0
analogous
#E06E42 #E0BD42 #B4E042
triadic
#E0BD42 #42E0BD #BD42E0
tetradic
#E0BD42 #42E06E #4265E0 #E042B4
square
#E0BD42 #42E06E #4265E0 #E042B4
split-complementary
#E0BD42 #42B4E0 #6E42E0
monochromatic
#907518 #C5A020 #E0BD42 #E9CF77 #F1E2AB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.82
#E0BD42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.53
#E0BD42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E0BD42
11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E0BD42 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E0BD42 | 1.00 | 1.82 | 11.53 | 11.53 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.82 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA30
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC449
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2AEA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e0bd42; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 189, 66); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.142 92.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed07d',
500: '#e0bd42',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e0bd42; $custom-light: #eed07d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e0bd42",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 189,
"b": 66
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.709,
"s": 71.818,
"l": 56.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80742,
"c": 0.1423,
"h": 92.7
},
"luminance": 0.52636
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E0BD42
secondary
#314795
accent
#61EF39
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D