HEX atlas value

#E3D61C

#E3D61C is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Citrine. RGB 227, 214, 28, HSL 56° 78% 50%, luminance 0.6451; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm vibrant

#E3D61C Sample readable text

HEX #E3D61C

RGB rgb(227, 214, 28)

HSL hsl(56 78% 50%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 6, 88, 11)

Luminance 0.6451

Contrast Black 13.9:1White 1.51:1

CSS

--color-e3d61c: #E3D61C;
.background-e3d61c { background-color: #E3D61C; }
.text-e3d61c { color: #E3D61C; }

HEX meaning and use

About #E3D61C

#E3D61C is classified as a warm yellow value with vibrant visual character. #E3D61C is visually closest to Citrine, a named yellow color with HEX #E4D00A.

The RGB channels are 227, 214, and 28, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 56deg with 78% saturation and 50% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.6451, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 19.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text13.9:1AA Pass

White text1.51:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E3D61C needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.9:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.51:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FFEE00#FFEE00 · #000000 text · best 17.48:1 #EDE56E#EDE56E · #000000 text · best 16.03:1 Dandelion#F0E130 · #000000 text · best 15.52:1 Pear#D1E231 · #000000 text · best 14.63:1 Safety Yellow#EED202 · #000000 text · best 13.85:1

Generated Palette

#E3D61C#E3D61C

#1C29E3#1C29E3

#E3721C#E3721C

#8DE31C#8DE31C

#EDE56E#EDE56E

#918912#918912

Color Harmonies

#1C29E3#1C29E3

#E3721C#E3721C

#8DE31C#8DE31C

#1CE3D6#1CE3D6

#D61CE3#D61CE3

Variants

#EDE56E#EDE56E

#918912#918912

#FFEE00#FFEE00

#C7BD38#C7BD38

#E7E297#E7E297

#FFF129#FFF129

Nearest Named Colors

Citrine#E4D00A

Dandelion#F0E130

Safety Yellow#EED202

Pear#D1E231

Saffron#F4C430

Luminance0.6451

Black text13.9:1AA Pass

White text1.51:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#E3D61C","rgb":[227,214,28],"hsl":[56,78,50],"cmyk":[0,6,88,11],"luminance":0.6451,"contrast":{"black":13.9,"white":1.51}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.9,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.51,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FFEE00","hex":"#FFEE00","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.48,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EDE56E","hex":"#EDE56E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.03,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Dandelion","hex":"#F0E130","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.52,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pear","hex":"#D1E231","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.63,"contrastWhite":1.44,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Safety Yellow","hex":"#EED202","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.85,"contrastWhite":1.52,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","vibrant","vibrant yellow","Citrine adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e3d61c.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/citrine.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dandelion.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/safety-yellow.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#1C29E3","analogous":["#E3721C","#8DE31C"],"triadic":["#1CE3D6","#D61CE3"],"tetradic":["#1CE372","#1C29E3","#E31C8D"],"splitComplementary":["#1C8DE3","#721CE3"],"monochromatic":["#EDE56E","#E3D61C","#918912"]}

Variants

{"light":"#EDE56E","dark":"#918912","saturated":"#FFEE00","desaturated":"#C7BD38","pastel":"#E7E297","neon":"#FFF129"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"citrine","name":"Citrine","hex":"#E4D00A","distance":19},{"slug":"dandelion","name":"Dandelion","hex":"#F0E130","distance":26.267851073127396},{"slug":"safety-yellow","name":"Safety Yellow","hex":"#EED202","distance":28.513154858766505},{"slug":"pear","name":"Pear","hex":"#D1E231","distance":30.14962686336267},{"slug":"saffron","name":"Saffron","hex":"#F4C430","distance":31.827660925679098}]

#E3D61C

CSS

About #E3D61C

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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