#E1BD47#E1BD47
#E1BD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.139 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1BD47 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 189, 71) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 72%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 68%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 68.4%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.79, 0.39, 61.96) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.79, 61.96, 89.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.88% -0.0043 0.1391) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.88% 0.139 91.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.3889, 52.8606, 13.5091) |
| Luminance | 0.5286 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.83
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.02
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.48
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.66
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.43
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 5.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1BD47 #476BE1
analogous
#E17047 #E1BD47 #B8E147
triadic
#E1BD47 #47E1BD #BD47E1
tetradic
#E1BD47 #47E170 #476BE1 #E147B8
square
#E1BD47 #47E170 #476BE1 #E147B8
split-complementary
#E1BD47 #47B8E1 #7047E1
monochromatic
#957818 #CAA221 #E1BD47 #EAD07C #F2E3B0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E1BD47 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.57
#E1BD47 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1BD47
11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1BD47 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1BD47 | 1.00 | 1.81 | 11.57 | 11.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.81 | 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)
#D1BA38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC54D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3AEA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1bd47; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 189, 71); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.139 91.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed080',
500: '#e1bd47',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1bd47; $custom-light: #eed080; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1bd47",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 189,
"b": 71
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.974,
"s": 71.963,
"l": 58.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80879,
"c": 0.13914,
"h": 91.8
},
"luminance": 0.52858
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1BD47
secondary
#334B9A
accent
#64EF39
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E