HEX atlas value

#E1AD01

#E1AD01 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Mustard Yellow. RGB 225, 173, 1, HSL 46° 99% 44%, luminance 0.459; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm vibrant

#E1AD01 Sample readable text

HEX #E1AD01

RGB rgb(225, 173, 1)

HSL hsl(46 99% 44%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 23, 100, 12)

Luminance 0.459

Contrast Black 10.18:1White 2.06:1

CSS

--color-e1ad01: #E1AD01;
.background-e1ad01 { background-color: #E1AD01; }
.text-e1ad01 { color: #E1AD01; }

HEX meaning and use

About #E1AD01

#E1AD01 is classified as a warm yellow value with vibrant visual character. #E1AD01 is visually closest to Mustard Yellow, a named yellow color with HEX #E1AD01.

The RGB channels are 225, 173, and 1, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 46deg with 99% saturation and 44% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.459, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.18:1AA Pass

White text2.06:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E1AD01 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.18:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.06:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FED13E#FED13E · #000000 text · best 14.4:1 #A4DF01#A4DF01 · #000000 text · best 13.13:1 Industrial Yellow#F3C300 · #000000 text · best 12.62:1 Chrome Yellow#FFA700 · #000000 text · best 10.78:1 Orange#FFA500 · #000000 text · best 10.63:1

Generated Palette

Mustard Yellow#E1AD01

#0135DF#0135DF

#DF3C01#DF3C01

#A4DF01#A4DF01

#FED13E#FED13E

#846501#846501

Color Harmonies

#0135DF#0135DF

#DF3C01#DF3C01

#A4DF01#A4DF01

#01DFAB#01DFAB

#AB01DF#AB01DF

Variants

#FED13E#FED13E

#846501#846501

#E0AC00#E0AC00

#C79E1A#C79E1A

#F2D36E#F2D36E

#FFC60A#FFC60A

Nearest Named Colors

Mustard Yellow#E1AD01

Industrial Yellow#F3C300

Chrome Yellow#FFA700

Orange#FFA500

Goldenrod#DAA520

Luminance0.459

Black text10.18:1AA Pass

White text2.06:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#E1AD01","rgb":[225,173,1],"hsl":[46,99,44],"cmyk":[0,23,100,12],"luminance":0.459,"contrast":{"black":10.18,"white":2.06}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.18,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.06,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FED13E","hex":"#FED13E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.4,"contrastWhite":1.46,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#A4DF01","hex":"#A4DF01","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.13,"contrastWhite":1.6,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Industrial Yellow","hex":"#F3C300","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.62,"contrastWhite":1.66,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Chrome Yellow","hex":"#FFA700","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.78,"contrastWhite":1.95,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Orange","hex":"#FFA500","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.63,"contrastWhite":1.97,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","vibrant","vibrant yellow","Mustard Yellow adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e1ad01.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mustard-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/industrial-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/chrome-yellow.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#0135DF","analogous":["#DF3C01","#A4DF01"],"triadic":["#01DFAB","#AB01DF"],"tetradic":["#01DF3C","#0135DF","#DF01A4"],"splitComplementary":["#01A4DF","#3C01DF"],"monochromatic":["#FED13E","#E1AD01","#846501"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FED13E","dark":"#846501","saturated":"#E0AC00","desaturated":"#C79E1A","pastel":"#F2D36E","neon":"#FFC60A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"mustard-yellow","name":"Mustard Yellow","hex":"#E1AD01","distance":0},{"slug":"industrial-yellow","name":"Industrial Yellow","hex":"#F3C300","distance":28.442925306655784},{"slug":"chrome-yellow","name":"Chrome Yellow","hex":"#FFA700","distance":30.610455730027933},{"slug":"orange","name":"Orange","hex":"#FFA500","distance":31.064449134018133},{"slug":"goldenrod","name":"Goldenrod","hex":"#DAA520","distance":32.77193921634788}]

#E1AD01

CSS

About #E1AD01

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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