#E3D849#E3D849

#E3D849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.159 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D849
RGB	rgb(227, 216, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -12.44, 68.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 69.64, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.61% -0.0408 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(86.61% 0.159 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4393, 65.9258, 16.0014)
Luminance	0.6592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D849 #4954E3

analogous

#E38B49 #E3D849 #A1E349

triadic

#E3D849 #49E3D8 #D849E3

tetradic

#E3D849 #49E38B #4954E3 #E349A1

square

#E3D849 #49E38B #4954E3 #E349A1

split-complementary

#E3D849 #49A1E3 #8B49E3

monochromatic

#9A9118 #CFC220 #E3D849 #EBE37E #F3EFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E3D849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#E3D849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D849

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D849	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)

#EAD134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 216, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.159 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe384',
    500: '#e3d849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d849;
$custom-light: #efe384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86606,
    "c": 0.15855,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D849

secondary

#333A9E

accent

#45F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D849

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

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