#E3D553#E3D553
#E3D553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.149 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E3D553 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 213, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 72%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 63%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 63.4%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.25, -10.37, 63.82) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.25, 64.66, 99.23°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.07% -0.0339 0.1448) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.07% 0.149 103.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.0363, 64.5461, 17.6362) |
| Luminance | 0.6454 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.04
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.30
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.74
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.26
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.46
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 5.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E3D553 #5361E3
analogous
#E38D53 #E3D553 #A9E353
triadic
#E3D553 #53E3D5 #D553E3
tetradic
#E3D553 #53E38D #5361E3 #E353A9
square
#E3D553 #53E38D #5361E3 #E353A9
split-complementary
#E3D553 #53A9E3 #8D53E3
monochromatic
#A1941A #D6C523 #E3D553 #ECE288 #F4EFBC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E3D553 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.91
#E3D553 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E3D553
13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E3D553 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E3D553 | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.91 | 13.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7CE43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD55A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3C7BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e3d553; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 213, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.149 103.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efe189',
500: '#e3d553',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e3d553; $custom-light: #efe189; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e3d553",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 213,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.167,
"s": 72,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86066,
"c": 0.14875,
"h": 103.2
},
"luminance": 0.64544
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E3D553
secondary
#3641A4
accent
#24D411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F