#E3DD4E#E3DD4E

#E3DD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.160 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3DD4E
RGB	rgb(227, 221, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 65.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -14.65, 67.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 69.53, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% -0.0465 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.16 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.9123, 68.5958, 17.3433)
Luminance	0.6859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3DD4E #4E54E3

analogous

#E3934E #E3DD4E #9EE34E

triadic

#E3DD4E #4EE3DD #DD4EE3

tetradic

#E3DD4E #4EE393 #4E54E3 #E34E9E

square

#E3DD4E #4EE393 #4E54E3 #E34E9E

split-complementary

#E3DD4E #4E9EE3 #934EE3

monochromatic

#9E9819 #D3CB21 #E3DD4E #EBE783 #F4F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E3DD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#E3DD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3DD4E

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3DD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3DD4E	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3dd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 221, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.160 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe787',
    500: '#e3dd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3dd4e;
$custom-light: #efe787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3dd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.584,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87688,
    "c": 0.15978,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3DD4E

secondary

#3439A1

accent

#40EF38

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3DD4E

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

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