#E3DC55#E3DC55

#E3DC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.154 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3DC55
RGB	rgb(227, 220, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.09, -13.75, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.09, 66.39, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0432 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.154 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.9135, 68.1751, 18.6484)
Luminance	0.6817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3DC55 #555CE3

analogous

#E39555 #E3DC55 #A3E355

triadic

#E3DC55 #55E3DC #DC55E3

tetradic

#E3DC55 #55E395 #555CE3 #E355A3

square

#E3DC55 #55E395 #555CE3 #E355A3

split-complementary

#E3DC55 #55A3E3 #9555E3

monochromatic

#A39C1B #D7CE23 #E3DC55 #ECE78A #F4F2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E3DC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#E3DC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3DC55

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3DC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3DC55	1.00	1.43	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3dc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 220, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.154 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe68b',
    500: '#e3dc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3dc55;
$custom-light: #efe68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3dc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.042,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87538,
    "c": 0.15374,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3DC55

secondary

#373CA5

accent

#1BD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3DC55

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

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