#e1b60a

Color #e1b60a

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 11.39 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#e1b60a

RGB

rgb(225, 182, 10)

HSL

hsl(48, 91.5%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48, 95.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 95.6%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(75.75, 2.23, 76.87)

LCH

lch(75.75, 76.9, 88.34)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.1605, 91.39)

HWB

hwb(48, 3.9%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0a35e1

Analogous

#e14b0a

#e1b60a

#a1e10a

Triadic

#e1b60a

#0ae1b6

#b60ae1

Split-complementary

#e1b60a

#0aa1e1

#4b0ae1

Tetradic

#e1b60a

#35e10a

#0a35e1

#b60ae1

Square

#e1b60a

#0ae14b

#0a35e1

#e10aa1

Shades

Color #e1b60a mixed toward black.

#bc9808

#967907

#715b05

#4b3d03

#261e02

Tints

Color #e1b60a mixed toward white.

#f5cb24

#f7d650

#f9e07b

#fbeaa7

#fdf5d3

Tones

Color #e1b60a mixed toward gray.

#cfab1c

#bda12e

#ab9640

#998b52

#878064

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d0cf5f · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#d2d569 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#df7d82 · ΔE 42.5

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 28.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e1b60a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e1b60a]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#e1b60a (#e1b60a) is rgb(225, 182, 10) in RGB.

No, #e1b60a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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