#E3D85B#E3D85B

#E3D85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.145 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D85B
RGB	rgb(227, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 59.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -11.37, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 62.40, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.0358 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.145 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.1248, 66.2000, 19.6116)
Luminance	0.6620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D85B #5B66E3

analogous

#E3945B #E3D85B #AAE35B

triadic

#E3D85B #5BE3D8 #D85BE3

tetradic

#E3D85B #5BE394 #5B66E3 #E35BAA

square

#E3D85B #5BE394 #5B66E3 #E35BAA

split-complementary

#E3D85B #5BAAE3 #945BE3

monochromatic

#A79C1D #DACC27 #E3D85B #ECE48F #F5F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E3D85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#E3D85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D85B

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D85B	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.145 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe38e',
    500: '#e3d85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d85b;
$custom-light: #efe38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86762,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D85B

secondary

#3942A9

accent

#22D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D85B

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

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