#E3D95B#E3D95B

#E3D95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.146 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D95B
RGB	rgb(227, 217, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 59.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -11.87, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 62.78, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0372 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.146 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.3818, 66.7140, 19.6973)
Luminance	0.6671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D95B #5B65E3

analogous

#E3955B #E3D95B #A9E35B

triadic

#E3D95B #5BE3D9 #D95BE3

tetradic

#E3D95B #5BE395 #5B65E3 #E35BA9

square

#E3D95B #5BE395 #5B65E3 #E35BA9

split-complementary

#E3D95B #5BA9E3 #955BE3

monochromatic

#A79D1D #DACD27 #E3D95B #ECE58F #F5F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E3D95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#E3D95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D95B

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D95B	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 217, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.146 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe48e',
    500: '#e3d95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d95b;
$custom-light: #efe48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8697,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D95B

secondary

#3941A9

accent

#21D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D95B

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

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