#E3D249#E3D249

#E3D249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.153 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D249
RGB	rgb(227, 210, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -9.43, 66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 67.60, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0323 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.153 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.9301, 62.9075, 15.4983)
Luminance	0.6290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D249 #495AE3

analogous

#E38549 #E3D249 #A7E349

triadic

#E3D249 #49E3D2 #D249E3

tetradic

#E3D249 #49E385 #495AE3 #E349A7

square

#E3D249 #49E385 #495AE3 #E349A7

split-complementary

#E3D249 #49A7E3 #8549E3

monochromatic

#9A8C18 #CFBC20 #E3D249 #EBDF7E #F3ECB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E3D249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#E3D249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D249

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D249	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 210, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.153 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdf83',
    500: '#e3d249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d249;
$custom-light: #efdf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.377,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85362,
    "c": 0.1533,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D249

secondary

#333E9E

accent

#4CF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D249

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

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