#E3DC3E#E3DC3E

#E3DC3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.169 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3DC3E
RGB	rgb(227, 220, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 72.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -14.95, 73.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 74.91, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0489 0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.169 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1436, 67.8672, 14.5934)
Luminance	0.6786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3DC3E #3E45E3

analogous

#E38A3E #E3DC3E #97E33E

triadic

#E3DC3E #3EE3DC #DC3EE3

tetradic

#E3DC3E #3EE38A #3E45E3 #E33E97

square

#E3DC3E #3EE38A #3E45E3 #E33E97

split-complementary

#E3DC3E #3E97E3 #8A3EE3

monochromatic

#918C15 #C7C01D #E3DC3E #EBE673 #F3EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E3DC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#E3DC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3DC3E

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3DC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3DC3E	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3dc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 220, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.169 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e67e',
    500: '#e3dc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3dc3e;
$custom-light: #f0e67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3dc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.455,
    "s": 74.661,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87367,
    "c": 0.16888,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3DC3E

secondary

#2F3396

accent

#3EF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3DC3E

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

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