#E3BD41#E3BD41

#E3BD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.144 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BD41
RGB	rgb(227, 189, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 71.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, 0.94, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 64.58, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0036 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.144 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8331, 53.1108, 12.5740)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BD41 #4167E3

analogous

#E36C41 #E3BD41 #B8E341

triadic

#E3BD41 #41E3BD #BD41E3

tetradic

#E3BD41 #41E36C #4167E3 #E341B8

square

#E3BD41 #41E36C #4167E3 #E341B8

split-complementary

#E3BD41 #41B8E3 #6C41E3

monochromatic

#947616 #C9A11E #E3BD41 #EBD076 #F3E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E3BD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#E3BD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BD41

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BD41	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3bd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 189, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.144 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d07d',
    500: '#e3bd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3bd41;
$custom-light: #f0d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3bd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.926,
    "s": 74.312,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81026,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BD41

secondary

#304898

accent

#63F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BD41

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

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