#E3CD73#E3CD73

#E3CD73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.113 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD73
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 49.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -3.91, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 47.44, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0118 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.113 96)
XYZ	xyz(56.6062, 61.2336, 25.0539)
Luminance	0.6123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD73 #7389E3

analogous

#E39573 #E3CD73 #C1E373

triadic

#E3CD73 #73E3CD #CD73E3

tetradic

#E3CD73 #73E395 #7389E3 #E373C1

square

#E3CD73 #73E395 #7389E3 #E373C1

split-complementary

#E3CD73 #73C1E3 #9573E3

monochromatic

#B79A25 #D9BB40 #E3CD73 #EDDFA6 #F7F1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E3CD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#E3CD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD73

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD73	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.113 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc9d',
    500: '#e3cd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd73;
$custom-light: #eedc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84786,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.61231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD73

secondary

#435AB7

accent

#3BCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD73

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

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