#E3CD4F#E3CD4F

#E3CD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.145 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD4F
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 65.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -6.56, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 63.59, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% -0.0235 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.145 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.9235, 60.5605, 16.1919)
Luminance	0.6056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD4F #4F65E3

analogous

#E3834F #E3CD4F #AFE34F

triadic

#E3CD4F #4FE3CD #CD4FE3

tetradic

#E3CD4F #4FE383 #4F65E3 #E34FAF

square

#E3CD4F #4FE383 #4F65E3 #E34FAF

split-complementary

#E3CD4F #4FAFE3 #834FE3

monochromatic

#9E8B19 #D3B922 #E3CD4F #EBDC84 #F4EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E3CD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E3CD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD4F

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD4F	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)

#E0C83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.145 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb86',
    500: '#e3cd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd4f;
$custom-light: #efdb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 72.549,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84383,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD4F

secondary

#3545A1

accent

#54EF39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD4F

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

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