#E1BA3F#E1BA3F
#E1BA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.143 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1BA3F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 186, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 73%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 72%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 72%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.97, 1.56, 64.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.97, 64.34, 88.61°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.22% -0.0019 0.1427) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.22% 0.143 90.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.5102, 51.4873, 12.0319) |
| Luminance | 0.5148 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 1.95
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.25
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.20
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.49
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.10
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 5.27
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1BA3F #3F66E1
analogous
#E1693F #E1BA3F #B7E13F
triadic
#E1BA3F #3FE1BA #BA3FE1
tetradic
#E1BA3F #3FE169 #3F66E1 #E13FB7
square
#E1BA3F #3FE169 #3F66E1 #E13FB7
split-complementary
#E1BA3F #3FB7E1 #693FE1
monochromatic
#8F7216 #C49C1F #E1BA3F #E9CD74 #F2E0A9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.86
#E1BA3F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.30
#E1BA3F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1BA3F
11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1BA3F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1BA3F | 1.00 | 1.86 | 11.30 | 11.30 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.86 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB82D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C345
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3ABA1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1ba3f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 186, 63); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.143 90.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efce7b',
500: '#e1ba3f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1ba3f; $custom-light: #efce7b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1ba3f",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 186,
"b": 63
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.556,
"s": 72.973,
"l": 56.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80215,
"c": 0.14266,
"h": 90.8
},
"luminance": 0.51484
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1BA3F
secondary
#304894
accent
#64F038
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFAF2
border
#D7D3CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D