#E3D856#E3D856

#E3D856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.149 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D856
RGB	rgb(227, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -11.69, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 64.50, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% -0.0373 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.149 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.9162, 66.1166, 18.5133)
Luminance	0.6612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D856 #5661E3

analogous

#E39256 #E3D856 #A8E356

triadic

#E3D856 #56E3D8 #D856E3

tetradic

#E3D856 #56E392 #5661E3 #E356A8

square

#E3D856 #56E392 #5661E3 #E356A8

split-complementary

#E3D856 #56A8E3 #9256E3

monochromatic

#A4991B #D8CA24 #E3D856 #ECE48B #F4F0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E3D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#E3D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D856

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D856	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.149 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe38b',
    500: '#e3d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d856;
$custom-light: #efe38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86715,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D856

secondary

#3740A6

accent

#21D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D856

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

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