#E3D059#E3D059

#E3D059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D059
RGB	rgb(227, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -7.47, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 60.39, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0249 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0398, 62.1662, 18.4967)
Luminance	0.6216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D059 #596CE3

analogous

#E38B59 #E3D059 #B1E359

triadic

#E3D059 #59E3D0 #D059E3

tetradic

#E3D059 #59E38B #596CE3 #E359B1

square

#E3D059 #59E38B #596CE3 #E359B1

split-complementary

#E3D059 #59B1E3 #8B59E3

monochromatic

#A6931C #DAC125 #E3D059 #ECDF8D #F5EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E3D059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#E3D059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D059

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D059	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde8c',
    500: '#e3d059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d059;
$custom-light: #efde8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85091,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D059

secondary

#3848A8

accent

#2DD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D059

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

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