#E3CD74#E3CD74

#E3CD74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.112 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD74
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 116)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 48.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -3.82, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 46.96, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.0114 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.112 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.6640, 61.2567, 25.3586)
Luminance	0.6125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD74 #748AE3

analogous

#E39674 #E3CD74 #C2E374

triadic

#E3CD74 #74E3CD #CD74E3

tetradic

#E3CD74 #74E396 #748AE3 #E374C2

square

#E3CD74 #74E396 #748AE3 #E374C2

split-complementary

#E3CD74 #74C2E3 #9674E3

monochromatic

#B89B25 #D9BB41 #E3CD74 #EDDFA7 #F8F2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E3CD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#E3CD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD74

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD74	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	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)

#DDC96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.112 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc9e',
    500: '#e3cd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd74;
$custom-light: #eedc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.848,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD74

secondary

#435AB8

accent

#3BCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD74

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

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