#E3DE2E#E3DE2E

#E3DE2E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.178 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3DE2E
RGB	rgb(227, 222, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 79.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, -16.52, 78.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 80.31, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.7% -0.0546 0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(87.7% 0.178 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.2954, 68.7727, 12.7880)
Luminance	0.6877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3DE2E #2E33E3

analogous

#E3842E #E3DE2E #8DE32E

triadic

#E3DE2E #2EE3DE #DE2EE3

tetradic

#E3DE2E #2EE384 #2E33E3 #E32E8D

square

#E3DE2E #2EE384 #2E33E3 #E32E8D

split-complementary

#E3DE2E #2E8DE3 #842EE3

monochromatic

#858212 #BBB619 #E3DE2E #EAE764 #F1EF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E3DE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#E3DE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3DE2E

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3DE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3DE2E	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3de2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 222, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.178 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e777',
    500: '#e3de2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3de2e;
$custom-light: #f0e777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3de2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.343,
    "s": 76.371,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87703,
    "c": 0.17843,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3DE2E

secondary

#2A2D8B

accent

#3AF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3DE2E

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

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