#E1BB49#E1BB49

#E1BB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.137 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BB49
RGB	rgb(225, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, 1.54, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 60.64, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0008 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.137 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.0269, 52.0322, 13.7103)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BB49 #496FE1

analogous

#E16F49 #E1BB49 #BBE149

triadic

#E1BB49 #49E1BB #BB49E1

tetradic

#E1BB49 #49E16F #496FE1 #E149BB

square

#E1BB49 #49E16F #496FE1 #E149BB

split-complementary

#E1BB49 #49BBE1 #6F49E1

monochromatic

#977719 #CBA122 #E1BB49 #EACF7E #F2E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E1BB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#E1BB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BB49

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BB49	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1bb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.137 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecf81',
    500: '#e1bb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1bb49;
$custom-light: #eecf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1bb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80496,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BB49

secondary

#334D9B

accent

#67EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BB49

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

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