#E3CD72#E3CD72

#E3CD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.114 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD72
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 49.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, -4.00, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 47.92, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0122 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.114 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.5490, 61.2107, 24.7525)
Luminance	0.6121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD72 #7288E3

analogous

#E39572 #E3CD72 #C0E372

triadic

#E3CD72 #72E3CD #CD72E3

tetradic

#E3CD72 #72E395 #7288E3 #E372C0

square

#E3CD72 #72E395 #7288E3 #E372C0

split-complementary

#E3CD72 #72C0E3 #9572E3

monochromatic

#B69A24 #D9BB3F #E3CD72 #EDDFA5 #F7F1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E3CD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E3CD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD72

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD72	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)

#DDC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.114 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc9c',
    500: '#e3cd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd72;
$custom-light: #eedc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84773,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD72

secondary

#4259B7

accent

#3BCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD72

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

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