#E3CD4D#E3CD4D

#E3CD4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.146 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD4D
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 66.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, -6.68, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 64.40, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.024 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.8518, 60.5319, 15.8143)
Luminance	0.6053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD4D #4D63E3

analogous

#E3824D #E3CD4D #AEE34D

triadic

#E3CD4D #4DE3CD #CD4DE3

tetradic

#E3CD4D #4DE382 #4D63E3 #E34DAE

square

#E3CD4D #4DE382 #4D63E3 #E34DAE

split-complementary

#E3CD4D #4DAEE3 #824DE3

monochromatic

#9D8A19 #D2B821 #E3CD4D #EBDC82 #F4EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E3CD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E3CD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD4D

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD4D	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.146 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb85',
    500: '#e3cd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd4d;
$custom-light: #efdb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84365,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD4D

secondary

#3444A0

accent

#53F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD4D

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

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