#E3D850#E3D850

#E3D850 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.154 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D850
RGB	rgb(227, 216, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -12.05, 65.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 66.94, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.039 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.154 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.6846, 66.0239, 17.2932)
Luminance	0.6602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D850 #505BE3

analogous

#E38E50 #E3D850 #A5E350

triadic

#E3D850 #50E3D8 #D850E3

tetradic

#E3D850 #50E38E #505BE3 #E350A5

square

#E3D850 #50E38E #505BE3 #E350A5

split-complementary

#E3D850 #50A5E3 #8E50E3

monochromatic

#9F9519 #D4C722 #E3D850 #EBE485 #F4F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E3D850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E3D850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D850

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D850	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 216, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.154 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe388',
    500: '#e3d850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d850;
$custom-light: #efe388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.51,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86662,
    "c": 0.15368,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D850

secondary

#353DA2

accent

#20D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D850

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

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