#E1BC49#E1BC49

#E1BC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.137 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BC49
RGB	rgb(225, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, 1.02, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 60.89, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0023 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.137 91)
XYZ	xyz(50.2398, 52.4579, 13.7812)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BC49 #496EE1

analogous

#E17049 #E1BC49 #BAE149

triadic

#E1BC49 #49E1BC #BC49E1

tetradic

#E1BC49 #49E170 #496EE1 #E149BA

square

#E1BC49 #49E170 #496EE1 #E149BA

split-complementary

#E1BC49 #49BAE1 #7049E1

monochromatic

#977819 #CBA222 #E1BC49 #EACF7E #F2E3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E1BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#E1BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BC49

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BC49	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.137 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecf81',
    500: '#e1bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1bc49;
$custom-light: #eecf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.395,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80696,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.52455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BC49

secondary

#334D9B

accent

#65EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BC49

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

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