#E3DC4E#E3DC4E

#E3DC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.159 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3DC4E
RGB	rgb(227, 220, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 65.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, -14.16, 67.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 69.17, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.0451 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.159 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.6490, 68.0693, 17.2556)
Luminance	0.6807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3DC4E #4E55E3

analogous

#E3914E #E3DC4E #A0E34E

triadic

#E3DC4E #4EE3DC #DC4EE3

tetradic

#E3DC4E #4EE391 #4E55E3 #E34EA0

square

#E3DC4E #4EE391 #4E55E3 #E34EA0

split-complementary

#E3DC4E #4EA0E3 #914EE3

monochromatic

#9E9719 #D3CA21 #E3DC4E #EBE683 #F4F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E3DC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#E3DC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3DC4E

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3DC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3DC4E	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3dc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 220, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.159 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe687',
    500: '#e3dc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3dc4e;
$custom-light: #efe687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3dc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.181,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87479,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3DC4E

secondary

#3439A1

accent

#41EF38

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3DC4E

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

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