#E1BF42#E1BF42

#E1BF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.144 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BF42
RGB	rgb(225, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -0.90, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 64.45, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0086 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.144 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6682, 53.6654, 12.8429)
Luminance	0.5366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BF42 #4264E1

analogous

#E17042 #E1BF42 #B3E142

triadic

#E1BF42 #42E1BF #BF42E1

tetradic

#E1BF42 #42E170 #4264E1 #E142B3

square

#E1BF42 #42E170 #4264E1 #E142B3

split-complementary

#E1BF42 #42B3E1 #7042E1

monochromatic

#927717 #C6A31F #E1BF42 #E9D177 #F2E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E1BF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#E1BF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BF42

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BF42	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1bf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.144 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed17e',
    500: '#e1bf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1bf42;
$custom-light: #eed17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1bf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.17,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81242,
    "c": 0.14371,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BF42

secondary

#314796

accent

#60EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BF42

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

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