#E3D749#E3D749
#E3D749 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.158 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E3D749 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 215, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 73%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 68%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 67.8%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.70, -11.94, 68.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.70, 69.30, 99.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.4% -0.0394 0.1527) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.4% 0.158 104.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.1839, 65.4150, 15.9162) |
| Luminance | 0.6541 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.40
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 3.12
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 5.17
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 5.18
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 5.19
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 5.73
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E3D749 #4955E3
analogous
#E38A49 #E3D749 #A2E349
triadic
#E3D749 #49E3D7 #D749E3
tetradic
#E3D749 #49E38A #4955E3 #E349A2
square
#E3D749 #49E38A #4955E3 #E349A2
split-complementary
#E3D749 #49A2E3 #8A49E3
monochromatic
#9A9018 #CFC120 #E3D749 #EBE37E #F3EEB3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#E3D749 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.08
#E3D749 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E3D749
14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E3D749 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E3D749 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.08 | 14.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9D034
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED652
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3C9BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e3d749; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 215, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.158 104.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efe384',
500: '#e3d749',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e3d749; $custom-light: #efe384; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e3d749",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 215,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.325,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 58.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86398,
"c": 0.15765,
"h": 104.5
},
"luminance": 0.65413
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E3D749
secondary
#333B9E
accent
#46F038
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFCF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#17150B
muted
#85847E