#E1BD45#E1BD45
#E1BD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.141 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1BD45 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 189, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 72%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 69%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 69.3%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.78, 0.29, 62.76) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.78, 62.76, 89.74°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.86% -0.0049 0.1404) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.86% 0.141 92) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.3258, 52.8353, 13.1766) |
| Luminance | 0.5283 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.72
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.85
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.29
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.64
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 5.31
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.33
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1BD45 #4569E1
analogous
#E16F45 #E1BD45 #B7E145
triadic
#E1BD45 #45E1BD #BD45E1
tetradic
#E1BD45 #45E16F #4569E1 #E145B7
square
#E1BD45 #45E16F #4569E1 #E145B7
split-complementary
#E1BD45 #45B7E1 #6F45E1
monochromatic
#947718 #C8A220 #E1BD45 #E9D07A #F2E2AE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.82
#E1BD45 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.57
#E1BD45 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1BD45
11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1BD45 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1BD45 | 1.00 | 1.82 | 11.57 | 11.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.82 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA35
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC54B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3AEA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1bd45; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 189, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.141 92.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed07f',
500: '#e1bd45',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1bd45; $custom-light: #eed07f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1bd45",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 189,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.154,
"s": 72.222,
"l": 57.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80863,
"c": 0.1405,
"h": 92
},
"luminance": 0.52832
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1BD45
secondary
#324A98
accent
#63EF39
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D