#E1BC4A#E1BC4A

#E1BC4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.136 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BC4A
RGB	rgb(225, 188, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, 1.08, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 60.48, 88.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.002 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.136 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2732, 52.4713, 13.9572)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BC4A #4A6FE1

analogous

#E1704A #E1BC4A #BAE14A

triadic

#E1BC4A #4AE1BC #BC4AE1

tetradic

#E1BC4A #4AE170 #4A6FE1 #E14ABA

square

#E1BC4A #4AE170 #4A6FE1 #E14ABA

split-complementary

#E1BC4A #4ABAE1 #704AE1

monochromatic

#977919 #CCA222 #E1BC4A #EACF7E #F2E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E1BC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#E1BC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BC4A

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BC4A	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)

#D0BA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1bc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 188, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.136 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eecf82',
    500: '#e1bc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1bc4a;
$custom-light: #eecf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1bc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.298,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80705,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BC4A

secondary

#344D9B

accent

#66EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BC4A

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

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