#E3BD48#E3BD48

#E3BD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.139 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BD48
RGB	rgb(227, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 68.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, 1.30, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 61.83, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0017 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.139 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0486, 53.1970, 13.7089)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BD48 #486EE3

analogous

#E36F48 #E3BD48 #BCE348

triadic

#E3BD48 #48E3BD #BD48E3

tetradic

#E3BD48 #48E36F #486EE3 #E348BC

square

#E3BD48 #48E36F #486EE3 #E348BC

split-complementary

#E3BD48 #48BCE3 #6F48E3

monochromatic

#997917 #CEA320 #E3BD48 #EBD07D #F3E3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E3BD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#E3BD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BD48

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BD48	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3bd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.139 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d081',
    500: '#e3bd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3bd48;
$custom-light: #f0d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3bd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.29,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81083,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BD48

secondary

#324C9D

accent

#65F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BD48

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

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