#E3BD4A#E3BD4A

#E3BD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.137 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BD4A
RGB	rgb(227, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, 1.40, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 61.01, 88.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0012 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.137 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1149, 53.2235, 14.0581)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BD4A #4A70E3

analogous

#E3714A #E3BD4A #BDE34A

triadic

#E3BD4A #4AE3BD #BD4AE3

tetradic

#E3BD4A #4AE371 #4A70E3 #E34ABD

square

#E3BD4A #4AE371 #4A70E3 #E34ABD

split-complementary

#E3BD4A #4ABDE3 #714AE3

monochromatic

#9B7A18 #D0A420 #E3BD4A #EBD07F #F3E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E3BD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#E3BD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BD4A

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BD4A	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)

#D1BB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3bd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.137 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d082',
    500: '#e3bd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3bd4a;
$custom-light: #f0d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3bd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.811,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BD4A

secondary

#334E9E

accent

#66F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BD4A

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

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