#E3CD59#E3CD59

#E3CD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.137 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD59
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -5.94, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 59.37, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.0205 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.137 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.3153, 60.7172, 18.2552)
Luminance	0.6071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD59 #596FE3

analogous

#E38859 #E3CD59 #B4E359

triadic

#E3CD59 #59E3CD #CD59E3

tetradic

#E3CD59 #59E388 #596FE3 #E359B4

square

#E3CD59 #59E388 #596FE3 #E359B4

split-complementary

#E3CD59 #59B4E3 #8859E3

monochromatic

#A6901C #DABD25 #E3CD59 #ECDD8D #F5EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E3CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#E3CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD59

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD59	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.137 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc8c',
    500: '#e3cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd59;
$custom-light: #efdc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84477,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD59

secondary

#384AA8

accent

#31D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD59

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

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