#E1BD49#E1BD49

#E1BD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.138 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BD49
RGB	rgb(225, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, 0.50, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 61.15, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0038 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.138 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4541, 52.8867, 13.8527)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BD49 #496DE1

analogous

#E17149 #E1BD49 #B9E149

triadic

#E1BD49 #49E1BD #BD49E1

tetradic

#E1BD49 #49E171 #496DE1 #E149B9

square

#E1BD49 #49E171 #496DE1 #E149B9

split-complementary

#E1BD49 #49B9E1 #7149E1

monochromatic

#977919 #CBA322 #E1BD49 #EAD07E #F2E3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E1BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#E1BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BD49

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BD49	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.138 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed081',
    500: '#e1bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1bd49;
$custom-light: #eed081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80896,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BD49

secondary

#334C9B

accent

#64EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BD49

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

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