#E3D42F#E3D42F

#E3D42F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.169 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D42F
RGB	rgb(227, 212, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 79.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -11.53, 76.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 76.91, 98.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0406 0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.169 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.7377, 63.6255, 12.0338)
Luminance	0.6362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D42F #2F3EE3

analogous

#E37A2F #E3D42F #98E32F

triadic

#E3D42F #2FE3D4 #D42FE3

tetradic

#E3D42F #2FE37A #2F3EE3 #E32F98

square

#E3D42F #2FE37A #2F3EE3 #E32F98

split-complementary

#E3D42F #2F98E3 #7A2FE3

monochromatic

#867C12 #BCAE19 #E3D42F #EADF65 #F2EA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E3D42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#E3D42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D42F

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D42F	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 212, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.169 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e077',
    500: '#e3d42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d42f;
$custom-light: #f0e077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 76.271,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85615,
    "c": 0.16947,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D42F

secondary

#2A338C

accent

#45F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF1

border

#D7D5CB

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D42F

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

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