#E3BC39#E3BC39

#E3BC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.148 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BC39
RGB	rgb(227, 188, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 74.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, 1.11, 67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 67.28, 89.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.004 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.148 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4032, 52.5958, 11.3673)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BC39 #3960E3

analogous

#E36739 #E3BC39 #B5E339

triadic

#E3BC39 #39E3BC #BC39E3

tetradic

#E3BC39 #39E367 #3960E3 #E339B5

square

#E3BC39 #39E367 #3960E3 #E339B5

split-complementary

#E3BC39 #39B5E3 #6739E3

monochromatic

#8E7214 #C39D1C #E3BC39 #EBCE6F #F2E0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#E3BC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#E3BC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BC39

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BC39	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3bc39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 188, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.148 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cf79',
    500: '#e3bc39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3bc39;
$custom-light: #f0cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3bc39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.235,
    "s": 75.221,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8077,
    "c": 0.14772,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BC39

secondary

#2D4593

accent

#61F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BC39

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

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