#E3D53C#E3D53C
#E3D53C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.164 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E3D53C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 213, 60) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 75%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 74%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 73.6%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.09, -11.55, 72.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.09, 73.25, 99.07°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.89% -0.0396 0.159) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.89% 0.164 104) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.2909, 64.2479, 13.7101) |
| Luminance | 0.6425 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 2.46
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.02
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.57
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 5.09
Banana
#FFE135
ΔE00 5.29
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 5.48
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E3D53C #3C4AE3
analogous
#E3823C #E3D53C #9EE33C
triadic
#E3D53C #3CE3D5 #D53CE3
tetradic
#E3D53C #3CE382 #3C4AE3 #E33C9E
square
#E3D53C #3CE382 #3C4AE3 #E33C9E
split-complementary
#E3D53C #3C9EE3 #823CE3
monochromatic
#908615 #C5B71C #E3D53C #EBE172 #F2ECA7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.52
#E3D53C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.85
#E3D53C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E3D53C
13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E3D53C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E3D53C | 1.00 | 1.52 | 13.85 | 13.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8CE1D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD547
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4C6B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e3d53c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 213, 60); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.164 104.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0e17d',
500: '#e3d53c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e3d53c; $custom-light: #f0e17d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e3d53c",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 213,
"b": 60
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.97,
"s": 74.888,
"l": 56.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85893,
"c": 0.16386,
"h": 104
},
"luminance": 0.64246
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E3D53C
secondary
#2E3795
accent
#46F236
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFCF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#17150A
muted
#85847D