#E3D970#E3D970

#E3D970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.127 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D970
RGB	rgb(227, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 50.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -10.27, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 53.40, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% -0.0304 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.127 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4177, 67.1283, 25.1533)
Luminance	0.6713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D970 #707AE3

analogous

#E3A070 #E3D970 #B4E370

triadic

#E3D970 #70E3D9 #D970E3

tetradic

#E3D970 #70E3A0 #707AE3 #E370B4

square

#E3D970 #70E3A0 #707AE3 #E370B4

split-complementary

#E3D970 #70B4E3 #A070E3

monochromatic

#B5A823 #D9CB3D #E3D970 #EDE7A3 #F7F4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E3D970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#E3D970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D970

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D970	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.127 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee49b',
    500: '#e3d970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d970;
$custom-light: #eee49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 67.251,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87204,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D970

secondary

#414CB6

accent

#26CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D970

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

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