#E3BB38#E3BB38

#E3BB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.148 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BB38
RGB	rgb(227, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, 1.59, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 67.40, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0027 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.148 91)
XYZ	xyz(50.1656, 52.1602, 11.1663)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BB38 #3860E3

analogous

#E36538 #E3BB38 #B5E338

triadic

#E3BB38 #38E3BB #BB38E3

tetradic

#E3BB38 #38E365 #3860E3 #E338B5

square

#E3BB38 #38E365 #3860E3 #E338B5

split-complementary

#E3BB38 #38B5E3 #6538E3

monochromatic

#8D7014 #C29B1B #E3BB38 #EBCD6E #F2E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E3BB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#E3BB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BB38

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BB38	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3bb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.148 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cf78',
    500: '#e3bb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3bb38;
$custom-light: #f0cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3bb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.965,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80563,
    "c": 0.14773,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.52157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BB38

secondary

#2D4592

accent

#62F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF1

border

#D7D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BB38

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

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