#E3DD2E#E3DD2E

#E3DD2E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.178 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3DD2E
RGB	rgb(227, 221, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 79.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -16.03, 78.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 79.99, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0532 0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.178 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.0306, 68.2431, 12.6997)
Luminance	0.6824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3DD2E #2E34E3

analogous

#E3822E #E3DD2E #8EE32E

triadic

#E3DD2E #2EE3DD #DD2EE3

tetradic

#E3DD2E #2EE382 #2E34E3 #E32E8E

square

#E3DD2E #2EE382 #2E34E3 #E32E8E

split-complementary

#E3DD2E #2E8EE3 #822EE3

monochromatic

#858112 #BBB519 #E3DD2E #EAE664 #F1EF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E3DD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#E3DD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3DD2E

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3DD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3DD2E	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3dd2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 221, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.178 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e777',
    500: '#e3dd2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3dd2e;
$custom-light: #f0e777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3dd2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.011,
    "s": 76.371,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87492,
    "c": 0.17754,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3DD2E

secondary

#2A2D8B

accent

#3BF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3DD2E

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

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