#E1B83D#E1B83D

#E1B83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.143 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1B83D
RGB	rgb(225, 184, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 72.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, 2.51, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 64.63, 87.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% 0.0006 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.143 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.0369, 50.6285, 11.6034)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1B83D #3D66E1

analogous

#E1663D #E1B83D #B8E13D

triadic

#E1B83D #3DE1B8 #B83DE1

tetradic

#E1B83D #3DE166 #3D66E1 #E13DB8

square

#E1B83D #3DE166 #3D66E1 #E13DB8

split-complementary

#E1B83D #3DB8E1 #663DE1

monochromatic

#8E7016 #C39A1E #E1B83D #E9CB72 #F1DFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E1B83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#E1B83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1B83D

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1B83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1B83D	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1b83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 184, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.143 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcc7a',
    500: '#e1b83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1b83d;
$custom-light: #efcc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1b83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 73.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.798,
    "c": 0.14282,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1B83D

secondary

#2F4893

accent

#66F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1B83D

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

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