#E3CD3C#E3CD3C

#E3CD3C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.157 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD3C
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 73.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.01, -7.52, 70.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.01, 70.77, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0282 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.157 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.3281, 60.3223, 13.0558)
Luminance	0.6032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD3C #3C52E3

analogous

#E37A3C #E3CD3C #A6E33C

triadic

#E3CD3C #3CE3CD #CD3CE3

tetradic

#E3CD3C #3CE37A #3C52E3 #E33CA6

square

#E3CD3C #3CE37A #3C52E3 #E33CA6

split-complementary

#E3CD3C #3CA6E3 #7A3CE3

monochromatic

#908015 #C5AF1C #E3CD3C #EBDB72 #F2E8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E3CD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#E3CD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD3C

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD3C	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.157 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db7c',
    500: '#e3cd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd3c;
$custom-light: #f0db7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.096,
    "s": 74.888,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84239,
    "c": 0.15737,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD3C

secondary

#2E3C95

accent

#4FF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD3C

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

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