#E1BF59#E1BF59

#E1BF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.127 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BF59
RGB	rgb(225, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, 0.45, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 54.83, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.002 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.127 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4877, 53.9932, 17.1590)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BF59 #597BE1

analogous

#E17B59 #E1BF59 #BFE159

triadic

#E1BF59 #59E1BF #BF59E1

tetradic

#E1BF59 #59E17B #597BE1 #E159BF

square

#E1BF59 #59E17B #597BE1 #E159BF

split-complementary

#E1BF59 #59BFE1 #7B59E1

monochromatic

#A2811D #D6AA27 #E1BF59 #EAD38D #F4E7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E1BF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#E1BF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BF59

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BF59	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1bf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.127 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed28b',
    500: '#e1bf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1bf59;
$custom-light: #eed28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1bf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81454,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BF59

secondary

#3954A5

accent

#43D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BF59

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

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