#E1BC40#E1BC40

#E1BC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.143 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BC40
RGB	rgb(225, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, 0.56, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 64.45, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0047 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.143 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9627, 52.3471, 12.3219)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BC40 #4065E1

analogous

#E16C40 #E1BC40 #B6E140

triadic

#E1BC40 #40E1BC #BC40E1

tetradic

#E1BC40 #40E16C #4065E1 #E140B6

square

#E1BC40 #40E16C #4065E1 #E140B6

split-complementary

#E1BC40 #40B6E1 #6C40E1

monochromatic

#907417 #C59F1F #E1BC40 #E9CF75 #F2E1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E1BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#E1BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BC40

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BC40	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.143 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcf7c',
    500: '#e1bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1bc40;
$custom-light: #efcf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.211,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80623,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BC40

secondary

#304795

accent

#62F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BC40

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

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