#E3DC57#E3DC57

#E3DC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.152 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3DC57
RGB	rgb(227, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -13.62, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 65.58, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0427 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.152 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.9941, 68.2074, 19.0727)
Luminance	0.6821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3DC57 #575EE3

analogous

#E39657 #E3DC57 #A4E357

triadic

#E3DC57 #57E3DC #DC57E3

tetradic

#E3DC57 #57E396 #575EE3 #E357A4

square

#E3DC57 #57E396 #575EE3 #E357A4

split-complementary

#E3DC57 #57A4E3 #9657E3

monochromatic

#A49D1B #D9D024 #E3DC57 #ECE78B #F4F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E3DC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#E3DC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3DC57

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3DC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3DC57	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)

#EDD447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3dc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.152 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe68c',
    500: '#e3dc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3dc57;
$custom-light: #efe68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3dc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87556,
    "c": 0.1522,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3DC57

secondary

#383DA7

accent

#1CD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3DC57

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

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