#E1BD4B#E1BD4B
#E1BD4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.136 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1BD4B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 189, 75) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 71%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 67%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 66.7%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.82, 0.61, 60.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.82, 60.33, 89.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.91% -0.0032 0.1363) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.91% 0.136 91.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.5215, 52.9136, 14.2075) |
| Luminance | 0.5291 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.11
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.40
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.73
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.88
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.65
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.75
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1BD4B #4B6FE1
analogous
#E1724B #E1BD4B #BAE14B
triadic
#E1BD4B #4BE1BD #BD4BE1
tetradic
#E1BD4B #4BE172 #4B6FE1 #E14BBA
square
#E1BD4B #4BE172 #4B6FE1 #E14BBA
split-complementary
#E1BD4B #4BBAE1 #724BE1
monochromatic
#987A19 #CDA422 #E1BD4B #EAD07F #F2E3B4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E1BD4B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.58
#E1BD4B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1BD4B
11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1BD4B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1BD4B | 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)
#D1BA3D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC550
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3AEA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1bd4b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 189, 75); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.136 91.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed083',
500: '#e1bd4b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1bd4b; $custom-light: #eed083; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1bd4b",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 189,
"b": 75
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.6,
"s": 71.429,
"l": 58.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80914,
"c": 0.13631,
"h": 91.4
},
"luminance": 0.52911
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1BD4B
secondary
#344D9C
accent
#65EE3A
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E