#E1BD4E#E1BD4E
#E1BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.134 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1BD4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 189, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 71%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 65%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 65.3%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.85, 0.79, 59.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.85, 59.07, 89.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.94% -0.0024 0.1341) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.94% 0.134 91) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.6266, 52.9557, 14.7611) |
| Luminance | 0.5295 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.35
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.70
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.82
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.20
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.56
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1BD4E #4E72E1
analogous
#E1744E #E1BD4E #BCE14E
triadic
#E1BD4E #4EE1BD #BD4EE1
tetradic
#E1BD4E #4EE174 #4E72E1 #E14EBC
square
#E1BD4E #4EE174 #4E72E1 #E14EBC
split-complementary
#E1BD4E #4EBCE1 #744EE1
monochromatic
#9A7B1A #CFA523 #E1BD4E #EAD182 #F3E4B7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E1BD4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.59
#E1BD4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1BD4E
11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1BD4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1BD4E | 1.00 | 1.81 | 11.59 | 11.59 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.59 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.59 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA41
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C553
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3AEA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1bd4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 189, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.134 91.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed084',
500: '#e1bd4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1bd4e; $custom-light: #eed084; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1bd4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 189,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.306,
"s": 71.014,
"l": 59.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80942,
"c": 0.13409,
"h": 91
},
"luminance": 0.52953
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1BD4E
secondary
#354F9E
accent
#66EE3A
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E