#E3D846#E3D846

#E3D846 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.161 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D846
RGB	rgb(227, 216, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 69.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.94, -12.59, 69.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.94, 70.76, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0415 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.161 105)
XYZ	xyz(57.3422, 65.8870, 15.4901)
Luminance	0.6589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D846 #4651E3

analogous

#E38946 #E3D846 #9FE346

triadic

#E3D846 #46E3D8 #D846E3

tetradic

#E3D846 #46E389 #4651E3 #E3469F

square

#E3D846 #46E389 #4651E3 #E3469F

split-complementary

#E3D846 #469FE3 #8946E3

monochromatic

#988F17 #CDC11F #E3D846 #EBE37B #F3EEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E3D846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#E3D846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D846

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D846	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 216, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.161 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e382',
    500: '#e3d846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d846;
$custom-light: #f0e382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.796,
    "s": 73.709,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86584,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.65885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D846

secondary

#32399C

accent

#44F037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D846

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →