#E3CD75#E3CD75

#E3CD75 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.111 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD75
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 117)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 48.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -3.73, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 46.48, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0111 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.111 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7225, 61.2801, 25.6666)
Luminance	0.6128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD75 #758BE3

analogous

#E39675 #E3CD75 #C2E375

triadic

#E3CD75 #75E3CD #CD75E3

tetradic

#E3CD75 #75E396 #758BE3 #E375C2

square

#E3CD75 #75E396 #758BE3 #E375C2

split-complementary

#E3CD75 #75C2E3 #9675E3

monochromatic

#B89B25 #D9BB42 #E3CD75 #EDDFA8 #F8F2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E3CD75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E3CD75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD75

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD75	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.111 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc9e',
    500: '#e3cd75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd75;
$custom-light: #eedc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84814,
    "c": 0.11138,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD75

secondary

#445BB9

accent

#3CCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD75

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

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