#E3D05C#E3D05C
#E3D05C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E3D05C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 208, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 59.5%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.03, -7.26, 58.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.03, 59.09, 97.06°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.12% -0.024 0.1351) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.12% 0.137 100.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.1684, 62.2177, 19.1737) |
| Luminance | 0.6221 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.04
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.99
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.39
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.62
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.68
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E3D05C #5C6FE3
analogous
#E38D5C #E3D05C #B2E35C
triadic
#E3D05C #5CE3D0 #D05CE3
tetradic
#E3D05C #5CE38D #5C6FE3 #E35CB2
square
#E3D05C #5CE38D #5C6FE3 #E35CB2
split-complementary
#E3D05C #5CB2E3 #8D5CE3
monochromatic
#A8941D #DAC128 #E3D05C #ECDF90 #F5EEC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E3D05C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.44
#E3D05C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E3D05C
13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E3D05C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E3D05C | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.44 | 13.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E2CB50
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D262
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3C3B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e3d05c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 208, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.137 100.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efde8e',
500: '#e3d05c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e3d05c; $custom-light: #efde8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e3d05c",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 208,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.556,
"s": 70.681,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85122,
"c": 0.13719,
"h": 100.1
},
"luminance": 0.62215
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E3D05C
secondary
#3949AA
accent
#2ED313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F