#E3CD41#E3CD41

#E3CD41 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.154 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD41
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 71.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -7.29, 68.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 69.00, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.027 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.154 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4666, 60.3777, 13.7851)
Luminance	0.6038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD41 #4157E3

analogous

#E37C41 #E3CD41 #A8E341

triadic

#E3CD41 #41E3CD #CD41E3

tetradic

#E3CD41 #41E37C #4157E3 #E341A8

square

#E3CD41 #41E37C #4157E3 #E341A8

split-complementary

#E3CD41 #41A8E3 #7C41E3

monochromatic

#948316 #C9B21E #E3CD41 #EBDB76 #F3E9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E3CD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#E3CD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD41

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD41	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.154 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db7e',
    500: '#e3cd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd41;
$custom-light: #f0db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.852,
    "s": 74.312,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84273,
    "c": 0.15441,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD41

secondary

#303E98

accent

#50F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD41

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

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