#E3BB41#E3BB41

#E3BB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.142 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BB41
RGB	rgb(227, 187, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 71.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, 1.98, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 64.10, 88.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0006 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.142 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4058, 52.2563, 12.4315)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BB41 #4169E3

analogous

#E36A41 #E3BB41 #BAE341

triadic

#E3BB41 #41E3BB #BB41E3

tetradic

#E3BB41 #41E36A #4169E3 #E341BA

square

#E3BB41 #41E36A #4169E3 #E341BA

split-complementary

#E3BB41 #41BAE3 #6A41E3

monochromatic

#947516 #C99F1E #E3BB41 #EBCE76 #F3E1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E3BB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#E3BB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BB41

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BB41	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)

#D0B92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3bb41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 187, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.142 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cf7d',
    500: '#e3bb41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3bb41;
$custom-light: #f0cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3bb41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.185,
    "s": 74.312,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80627,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BB41

secondary

#304A98

accent

#65F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BB41

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

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