#E3CD8A#E3CD8A

#E3CD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.089 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CD8A
RGB	rgb(227, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 39.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -1.62, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 36.20, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0031 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.089 92)
XYZ	xyz(58.0986, 61.8306, 32.9139)
Luminance	0.6183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CD8A #8AA0E3

analogous

#E3A18A #E3CD8A #CCE38A

triadic

#E3CD8A #8AE3CD #CD8AE3

tetradic

#E3CD8A #8AE3A1 #8AA0E3 #E38ACC

square

#E3CD8A #8AE3A1 #8AA0E3 #E38ACC

split-complementary

#E3CD8A #8ACCE3 #A18AE3

monochromatic

#C49F2F #D7B859 #E3CD8A #EFE2BB #F9F4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E3CD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#E3CD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CD8A

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CD8A	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D18C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.089 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddcad',
    500: '#e3cd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cd8a;
$custom-light: #eddcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.169,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85142,
    "c": 0.08904,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.61829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CD8A

secondary

#566FBB

accent

#47C91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CD8A

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

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