#E3CD70#E3CD70

#E3CD70 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.116 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD70
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 112)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 50.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -4.18, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 48.87, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0129 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.116 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.4364, 61.1657, 24.1595)
Luminance	0.6116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD70 #7086E3

analogous

#E39470 #E3CD70 #C0E370

triadic

#E3CD70 #70E3CD #CD70E3

tetradic

#E3CD70 #70E394 #7086E3 #E370C0

square

#E3CD70 #70E394 #7086E3 #E370C0

split-complementary

#E3CD70 #70C0E3 #9470E3

monochromatic

#B59923 #D9BB3D #E3CD70 #EDDFA3 #F7F1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E3CD70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#E3CD70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD70

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD70	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.116 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc9b',
    500: '#e3cd70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd70;
$custom-light: #eedc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 67.251,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84746,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD70

secondary

#4158B6

accent

#3ACF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD70

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

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