#E3D94B#E3D94B

#E3D94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.158 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D94B
RGB	rgb(227, 217, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 67%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -12.83, 68.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 69.24, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0417 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.158 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.7636, 66.4667, 16.4419)
Luminance	0.6646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D94B #4B55E3

analogous

#E38D4B #E3D94B #A1E34B

triadic

#E3D94B #4BE3D9 #D94BE3

tetradic

#E3D94B #4BE38D #4B55E3 #E34BA1

square

#E3D94B #4BE38D #4B55E3 #E34BA1

split-complementary

#E3D94B #4BA1E3 #8D4BE3

monochromatic

#9B9318 #D0C520 #E3D94B #EBE480 #F3EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E3D94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#E3D94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D94B

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D94B	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)

#EBD137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 217, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.158 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe485',
    500: '#e3d94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d94b;
$custom-light: #efe485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.053,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8683,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D94B

secondary

#333A9F

accent

#44F038

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D94B

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

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