#E1BC46#E1BC46
#E1BC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.139 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1BC46 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 188, 70) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 72%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 69%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 68.9%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.53, 0.86, 62.10) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.53, 62.11, 89.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.67% -0.0031 0.1392) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.67% 0.139 91.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.1427, 52.4191, 13.2700) |
| Luminance | 0.5242 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.62
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.89
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.51
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.89
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.19
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 5.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1BC46 #466BE1
analogous
#E16E46 #E1BC46 #B9E146
triadic
#E1BC46 #46E1BC #BC46E1
tetradic
#E1BC46 #46E16E #466BE1 #E146B9
square
#E1BC46 #46E16E #466BE1 #E146B9
split-complementary
#E1BC46 #46B9E1 #6E46E1
monochromatic
#957718 #C9A121 #E1BC46 #EACF7B #F2E2AF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.83
#E1BC46 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.48
#E1BC46 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1BC46
11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1BC46 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1BC46 | 1.00 | 1.83 | 11.48 | 11.48 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B936
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C44C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3ADA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1bc46; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 188, 70); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.139 91.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eecf80',
500: '#e1bc46',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1bc46; $custom-light: #eecf80; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1bc46",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 188,
"b": 70
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.677,
"s": 72.093,
"l": 57.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8067,
"c": 0.13923,
"h": 91.3
},
"luminance": 0.52416
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1BC46
secondary
#324B99
accent
#64EF39
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E