#E3CD71#E3CD71

#E3CD71 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.115 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD71
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 113)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 50.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, -4.09, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 48.40, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.0125 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.115 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4924, 61.1881, 24.4543)
Luminance	0.6119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD71 #7187E3

analogous

#E39471 #E3CD71 #C0E371

triadic

#E3CD71 #71E3CD #CD71E3

tetradic

#E3CD71 #71E394 #7187E3 #E371C0

square

#E3CD71 #71E394 #7187E3 #E371C0

split-complementary

#E3CD71 #71C0E3 #9471E3

monochromatic

#B69A24 #D9BB3E #E3CD71 #EDDFA4 #F7F1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E3CD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E3CD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD71

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD71	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.115 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc9c',
    500: '#e3cd71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd71;
$custom-light: #eedc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84759,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD71

secondary

#4258B6

accent

#3ACF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD71

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

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