#E3BF49#E3BF49

#E3BF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.139 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BF49
RGB	rgb(227, 191, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, 0.31, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 61.93, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0045 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.139 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5146, 54.0765, 14.0265)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BF49 #496DE3

analogous

#E37249 #E3BF49 #BAE349

triadic

#E3BF49 #49E3BF #BF49E3

tetradic

#E3BF49 #49E372 #496DE3 #E349BA

square

#E3BF49 #49E372 #496DE3 #E349BA

split-complementary

#E3BF49 #49BAE3 #7249E3

monochromatic

#9A7B18 #CFA620 #E3BF49 #EBD27E #F3E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E3BF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#E3BF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BF49

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BF49	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3bf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 191, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.139 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d282',
    500: '#e3bf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3bf49;
$custom-light: #f0d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3bf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.974,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81492,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BF49

secondary

#334C9E

accent

#63F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BF49

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

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