#E3D55B#E3D55B

#E3D55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.142 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D55B
RGB	rgb(227, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 59.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -9.86, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 61.30, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.14% -0.0315 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(86.14% 0.142 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.3632, 64.6769, 19.3578)
Luminance	0.6468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D55B #5B69E3

analogous

#E3915B #E3D55B #ADE35B

triadic

#E3D55B #5BE3D5 #D55BE3

tetradic

#E3D55B #5BE391 #5B69E3 #E35BAD

square

#E3D55B #5BE391 #5B69E3 #E35BAD

split-complementary

#E3D55B #5BADE3 #915BE3

monochromatic

#A7991D #DAC827 #E3D55B #ECE28F #F5F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E3D55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#E3D55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D55B

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D55B	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.142 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe18e',
    500: '#e3d55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d55b;
$custom-light: #efe18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86141,
    "c": 0.14244,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D55B

secondary

#3945A9

accent

#26D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D55B

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

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