#E3CD76#E3CD76

#E3CD76 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.110 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD76
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 118)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 48%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.54, -3.64, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.54, 46.00, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.0107 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.11 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.7816, 61.3038, 25.9779)
Luminance	0.6130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD76 #768CE3

analogous

#E39676 #E3CD76 #C2E376

triadic

#E3CD76 #76E3CD #CD76E3

tetradic

#E3CD76 #76E396 #768CE3 #E376C2

square

#E3CD76 #76E396 #768CE3 #E376C2

split-complementary

#E3CD76 #76C2E3 #9676E3

monochromatic

#B99B26 #D9BA43 #E3CD76 #EDE0A9 #F8F2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E3CD76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E3CD76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD76

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD76	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)

#DDC96F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.110 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc9f',
    500: '#e3cd76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd76;
$custom-light: #eedc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.89,
    "s": 66.061,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84828,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD76

secondary

#445CB9

accent

#3CCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD76

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

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