#E3D862#E3D862

#E3D862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.139 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D862
RGB	rgb(227, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 56.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.16, -10.88, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.16, 59.36, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0337 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.139 104)
XYZ	xyz(58.4410, 66.3265, 21.2768)
Luminance	0.6632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D862 #626DE3

analogous

#E39762 #E3D862 #ADE362

triadic

#E3D862 #62E3D8 #D862E3

tetradic

#E3D862 #62E397 #626DE3 #E362AD

square

#E3D862 #62E397 #626DE3 #E362AD

split-complementary

#E3D862 #62ADE3 #9762E3

monochromatic

#ACA01F #DACB2E #E3D862 #ECE596 #F6F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E3D862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#E3D862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D862

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D862	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.139 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee392',
    500: '#e3d862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d862;
$custom-light: #eee392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86834,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.66324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D862

secondary

#3C45AE

accent

#24D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D862

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

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