#E1BD51#E1BD51

#E1BD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.132 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BD51
RGB	rgb(225, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, 0.97, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 57.79, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0015 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.132 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7367, 52.9997, 15.3405)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BD51 #5175E1

analogous

#E17551 #E1BD51 #BDE151

triadic

#E1BD51 #51E1BD #BD51E1

tetradic

#E1BD51 #51E175 #5175E1 #E151BD

square

#E1BD51 #51E175 #5175E1 #E151BD

split-complementary

#E1BD51 #51BDE1 #7551E1

monochromatic

#9D7C1B #D1A624 #E1BD51 #EAD185 #F3E5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E1BD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#E1BD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BD51

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BD51	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1bd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.132 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed086',
    500: '#e1bd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1bd51;
$custom-light: #eed086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1bd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8097,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BD51

secondary

#3651A0

accent

#67ED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BD51

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

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