#E3CB4D#E3CB4D

#E3CB4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.145 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CB4D
RGB	rgb(227, 203, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 66.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -5.66, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 63.77, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0211 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.145 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3765, 59.5811, 15.6558)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CB4D #4D65E3

analogous

#E3804D #E3CB4D #B0E34D

triadic

#E3CB4D #4DE3CB #CB4DE3

tetradic

#E3CB4D #4DE380 #4D65E3 #E34DB0

square

#E3CB4D #4DE380 #4D65E3 #E34DB0

split-complementary

#E3CB4D #4DB0E3 #804DE3

monochromatic

#9D8819 #D2B621 #E3CB4D #EBDA82 #F4EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E3CB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#E3CB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CB4D

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CB4D	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cb4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 203, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.145 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda85',
    500: '#e3cb4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cb4d;
$custom-light: #efda85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cb4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83956,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CB4D

secondary

#3445A0

accent

#56F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CB4D

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

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