#E3BD3A#E3BD3A
#E3BD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.148 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E3BD3A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 189, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 75%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 74%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 74.4%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.90, 0.63, 67.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.90, 67.16, 89.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.98% -0.0052 0.1476) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.98% 0.148 92) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.6427, 53.0346, 11.5715) |
| Luminance | 0.5303 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.33
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.07
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 3.75
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.64
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.68
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E3BD3A #3A60E3
analogous
#E3683A #E3BD3A #B4E33A
triadic
#E3BD3A #3AE3BD #BD3AE3
tetradic
#E3BD3A #3AE368 #3A60E3 #E33AB4
square
#E3BD3A #3AE368 #3A60E3 #E33AB4
split-complementary
#E3BD3A #3AB4E3 #683AE3
monochromatic
#8E7314 #C49E1C #E3BD3A #EBCF70 #F2E1A5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E3BD3A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.61
#E3BD3A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E3BD3A
11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E3BD3A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E3BD3A | 1.00 | 1.81 | 11.61 | 11.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BA23
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC542
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6ADA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e3bd3a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 189, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.148 92.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d079',
500: '#e3bd3a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e3bd3a; $custom-light: #f0d079; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e3bd3a",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 189,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.509,
"s": 75.111,
"l": 55.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80977,
"c": 0.14771,
"h": 92
},
"luminance": 0.53032
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E3BD3A
secondary
#2E4593
accent
#60F236
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D