#E3D489#E3D489

#E3D489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.096 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D489
RGB	rgb(227, 212, 137)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 39.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -5.33, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 39.33, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0139 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.096 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.7386, 65.2258, 33.1051)
Luminance	0.6522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D489 #8998E3

analogous

#E3A789 #E3D489 #C5E389

triadic

#E3D489 #89E3D4 #D489E3

tetradic

#E3D489 #89E3A7 #8998E3 #E389C5

square

#E3D489 #89E3A7 #8998E3 #E389C5

split-complementary

#E3D489 #89C5E3 #A789E3

monochromatic

#C3AA2E #D7C258 #E3D489 #EFE6BA #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E3D489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#E3D489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D489

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D489	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D68C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 212, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.096 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede1ac',
    500: '#e3d489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d489;
$custom-light: #ede1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86541,
    "c": 0.0964,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D489

secondary

#5566BB

accent

#39C91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D489

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

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