#E3BB3A#E3BB3A
#E3BB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.147 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E3BB3A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 187, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 75%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 74%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 74.4%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.39, 1.67, 66.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.39, 66.69, 88.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.58% -0.0022 0.1466) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.58% 0.147 90.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.2155, 52.1801, 11.4291) |
| Luminance | 0.5218 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 1.98
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 2.98
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.03
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.49
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.51
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E3BB3A #3A62E3
analogous
#E3663A #E3BB3A #B6E33A
triadic
#E3BB3A #3AE3BB #BB3AE3
tetradic
#E3BB3A #3AE366 #3A62E3 #E33AB6
square
#E3BB3A #3AE366 #3A62E3 #E33AB6
split-complementary
#E3BB3A #3AB6E3 #663AE3
monochromatic
#8E7114 #C49C1C #E3BB3A #EBCD70 #F2E0A5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.84
#E3BB3A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.44
#E3BB3A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E3BB3A
11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E3BB3A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E3BB3A | 1.00 | 1.84 | 11.44 | 11.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.84 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B924
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC441
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6ABA2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e3bb3a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 187, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.147 90.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0cf79',
500: '#e3bb3a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e3bb3a; $custom-light: #f0cf79; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e3bb3a",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 187,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.799,
"s": 75.111,
"l": 55.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80577,
"c": 0.14661,
"h": 90.9
},
"luminance": 0.52177
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E3BB3A
secondary
#2E4693
accent
#62F236
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFAF2
border
#D7D3CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D