#E3BC42#E3BC42

#E3BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.142 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3BC42
RGB	rgb(227, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, 1.51, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 63.95, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0018 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.142 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6479, 52.6937, 12.6564)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3BC42 #4269E3

analogous

#E36C42 #E3BC42 #B9E342

triadic

#E3BC42 #42E3BC #BC42E3

tetradic

#E3BC42 #42E36C #4269E3 #E342B9

square

#E3BC42 #42E36C #4269E3 #E342B9

split-complementary

#E3BC42 #42B9E3 #6C42E3

monochromatic

#957616 #CAA01E #E3BC42 #EBCF77 #F3E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#E3BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#E3BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3BC42

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3BC42	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.142 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cf7d',
    500: '#e3bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3bc42;
$custom-light: #f0cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.466,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80834,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3BC42

secondary

#304A99

accent

#64F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3BC42

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

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