#E1BB42#E1BB42

#E1BB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.141 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BB42
RGB	rgb(225, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, 1.18, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 63.43, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0027 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.141 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8077, 51.9445, 12.5561)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BB42 #4268E1

analogous

#E16B42 #E1BB42 #B8E142

triadic

#E1BB42 #42E1BB #BB42E1

tetradic

#E1BB42 #42E16B #4268E1 #E142B8

square

#E1BB42 #42E16B #4268E1 #E142B8

split-complementary

#E1BB42 #42B8E1 #6B42E1

monochromatic

#927417 #C69E1F #E1BB42 #E9CE77 #F2E1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E1BB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#E1BB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BB42

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BB42	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1bb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.141 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcf7d',
    500: '#e1bb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1bb42;
$custom-light: #efcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1bb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.66,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80438,
    "c": 0.14132,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BB42

secondary

#314996

accent

#64EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BB42

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

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