#E0BD49#E0BD49
#E0BD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.138 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E0BD49 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 189, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 71%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 67%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67.4%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.71, 0.08, 61.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.71, 61.02, 89.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.8% -0.005 0.1375) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.8% 0.138 92.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.1432, 52.7264, 13.8381) |
| Luminance | 0.5272 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.99
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.21
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.55
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.72
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 5.48
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E0BD49 #496CE0
analogous
#E07149 #E0BD49 #B7E049
triadic
#E0BD49 #49E0BD #BD49E0
tetradic
#E0BD49 #49E071 #496CE0 #E049B7
square
#E0BD49 #49E071 #496CE0 #E049B7
split-complementary
#E0BD49 #49B7E0 #7149E0
monochromatic
#957819 #C9A322 #E0BD49 #E9D07D #F2E3B2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.82
#E0BD49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.54
#E0BD49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E0BD49
11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E0BD49 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E0BD49 | 1.00 | 1.82 | 11.54 | 11.54 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.82 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA3A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C44F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2AEA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e0bd49; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 189, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.138 92.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edd081',
500: '#e0bd49',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e0bd49; $custom-light: #edd081; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e0bd49",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 189,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.093,
"s": 70.892,
"l": 58.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80799,
"c": 0.13754,
"h": 92.1
},
"luminance": 0.52724
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E0BD49
secondary
#344B9A
accent
#64EE3A
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E