#E3DD3E#E3DD3E

#E3DD3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.170 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3DD3E
RGB	rgb(227, 221, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 72.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.20, -15.44, 73.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.20, 75.26, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0503 0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.17 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4068, 68.3936, 14.6812)
Luminance	0.6839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3DD3E #3E44E3

analogous

#E38B3E #E3DD3E #97E33E

triadic

#E3DD3E #3EE3DD #DD3EE3

tetradic

#E3DD3E #3EE38B #3E44E3 #E33E97

square

#E3DD3E #3EE38B #3E44E3 #E33E97

split-complementary

#E3DD3E #3E97E3 #8B3EE3

monochromatic

#918D15 #C7C11D #E3DD3E #EBE673 #F3F0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E3DD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#E3DD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3DD3E

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3DD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3DD3E	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3dd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 221, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.170 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e77e',
    500: '#e3dd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3dd3e;
$custom-light: #f0e77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3dd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 74.661,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87576,
    "c": 0.16979,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3DD3E

secondary

#2F3396

accent

#3DF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3DD3E

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

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