#E3D055#E3D055

#E3D055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.143 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D055
RGB	rgb(227, 208, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -7.72, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 62.09, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0261 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.143 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.8764, 62.1009, 17.6360)
Luminance	0.6210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D055 #5568E3

analogous

#E38955 #E3D055 #AFE355

triadic

#E3D055 #55E3D0 #D055E3

tetradic

#E3D055 #55E389 #5568E3 #E355AF

square

#E3D055 #55E389 #5568E3 #E355AF

split-complementary

#E3D055 #55AFE3 #8955E3

monochromatic

#A3911B #D7BF23 #E3D055 #ECDF8A #F4EDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E3D055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#E3D055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D055

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D055	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 208, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.143 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde8a',
    500: '#e3d055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d055;
$custom-light: #efde8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85053,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D055

secondary

#3746A5

accent

#2CD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D055

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

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