#E3DC56#E3DC56

#E3DC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.153 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3DC56
RGB	rgb(227, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -13.68, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 65.99, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.043 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.153 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.9535, 68.1911, 18.8591)
Luminance	0.6819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3DC56 #565DE3

analogous

#E39656 #E3DC56 #A4E356

triadic

#E3DC56 #56E3DC #DC56E3

tetradic

#E3DC56 #56E396 #565DE3 #E356A4

square

#E3DC56 #56E396 #565DE3 #E356A4

split-complementary

#E3DC56 #56A4E3 #9656E3

monochromatic

#A49D1B #D8CF24 #E3DC56 #ECE78B #F4F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E3DC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#E3DC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3DC56

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3DC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3DC56	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3dc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.153 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe68b',
    500: '#e3dc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3dc56;
$custom-light: #efe68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3dc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.021,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87547,
    "c": 0.15298,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3DC56

secondary

#373DA6

accent

#1CD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3DC56

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

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