#E3D944#E3D944

#E3D944 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.163 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D944
RGB	rgb(227, 217, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 70%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -13.19, 70.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 71.82, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0434 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.163 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.5371, 66.3761, 15.2488)
Luminance	0.6637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D944 #444EE3

analogous

#E38944 #E3D944 #9EE344

triadic

#E3D944 #44E3D9 #D944E3

tetradic

#E3D944 #44E389 #444EE3 #E3449E

square

#E3D944 #44E389 #444EE3 #E3449E

split-complementary

#E3D944 #449EE3 #8944E3

monochromatic

#968E16 #CBC01E #E3D944 #EBE479 #F3EFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E3D944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#E3D944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D944

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D944	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 217, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.163 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e481',
    500: '#e3d944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d944;
$custom-light: #f0e481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.226,
    "s": 73.953,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86778,
    "c": 0.16265,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D944

secondary

#31389A

accent

#43F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D944

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

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