#E3CD79#E3CD79

#E3CD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.107 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD79
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 46.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -3.36, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 44.55, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0096 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.107 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9627, 61.3762, 26.9317)
Luminance	0.6137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD79 #798FE3

analogous

#E39879 #E3CD79 #C4E379

triadic

#E3CD79 #79E3CD #CD79E3

tetradic

#E3CD79 #79E398 #798FE3 #E379C4

square

#E3CD79 #79E398 #798FE3 #E379C4

split-complementary

#E3CD79 #79C4E3 #9879E3

monochromatic

#BB9C27 #D8BA46 #E3CD79 #EEE0AC #F8F3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E3CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E3CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD79

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD79	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.107 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedca1',
    500: '#e3cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd79;
$custom-light: #eedca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.547,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84871,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD79

secondary

#465EBA

accent

#3ECD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD79

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

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