#E1BC42#E1BC42

#E1BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.142 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BC42
RGB	rgb(225, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, 0.66, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 63.68, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0042 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.142 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0206, 52.3703, 12.6270)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BC42 #4267E1

analogous

#E16D42 #E1BC42 #B6E142

triadic

#E1BC42 #42E1BC #BC42E1

tetradic

#E1BC42 #42E16D #4267E1 #E142B6

square

#E1BC42 #42E16D #4267E1 #E142B6

split-complementary

#E1BC42 #42B6E1 #6D42E1

monochromatic

#927517 #C69F1F #E1BC42 #E9CF77 #F2E1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E1BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#E1BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BC42

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BC42	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)

#D0B931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.142 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecf7d',
    500: '#e1bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1bc42;
$custom-light: #eecf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.038,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80638,
    "c": 0.14189,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BC42

secondary

#314996

accent

#63EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BC42

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

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