#E3D949#E3D949

#E3D949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.159 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D949
RGB	rgb(227, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -12.94, 68.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 69.99, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0422 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.159 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.6963, 66.4398, 16.0870)
Luminance	0.6644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D949 #4953E3

analogous

#E38C49 #E3D949 #A0E349

triadic

#E3D949 #49E3D9 #D949E3

tetradic

#E3D949 #49E38C #4953E3 #E349A0

square

#E3D949 #49E38C #4953E3 #E349A0

split-complementary

#E3D949 #49A0E3 #8C49E3

monochromatic

#9A9118 #CFC420 #E3D949 #EBE47E #F3EFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E3D949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#E3D949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D949

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D949	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.159 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe484',
    500: '#e3d949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d949;
$custom-light: #efe484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.104,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86815,
    "c": 0.15945,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D949

secondary

#333A9E

accent

#44F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D949

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

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