#E3BB40#E3BB40

#E3BB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.143 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BB40
RGB	rgb(227, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, 1.94, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 64.48, 88.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0008 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.143 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3771, 52.2448, 12.2803)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BB40 #4068E3

analogous

#E36A40 #E3BB40 #BAE340

triadic

#E3BB40 #40E3BB #BB40E3

tetradic

#E3BB40 #40E36A #4068E3 #E340BA

square

#E3BB40 #40E36A #4068E3 #E340BA

split-complementary

#E3BB40 #40BAE3 #6A40E3

monochromatic

#937416 #C89E1D #E3BB40 #EBCE75 #F3E1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E3BB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#E3BB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BB40

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BB40	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3bb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.143 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cf7c',
    500: '#e3bb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3bb40;
$custom-light: #f0cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3bb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.276,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80619,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BB40

secondary

#304997

accent

#64F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BB40

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

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