#E3CD4C#E3CD4C

#E3CD4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.147 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD4C
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 66.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, -6.73, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 64.80, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.0243 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.147 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.8168, 60.5178, 15.6298)
Luminance	0.6051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD4C #4C62E3

analogous

#E3814C #E3CD4C #AEE34C

triadic

#E3CD4C #4CE3CD #CD4CE3

tetradic

#E3CD4C #4CE381 #4C62E3 #E34CAE

square

#E3CD4C #4CE381 #4C62E3 #E34CAE

split-complementary

#E3CD4C #4CAEE3 #814CE3

monochromatic

#9C8918 #D1B721 #E3CD4C #EBDC81 #F4EBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E3CD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E3CD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD4C

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD4C	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.147 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb84',
    500: '#e3cd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd4c;
$custom-light: #efdb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.258,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84357,
    "c": 0.14712,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD4C

secondary

#3443A0

accent

#53F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD4C

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

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