#E3BC4E#E3BC4E
#E3BC4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.134 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E3BC4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 188, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 73%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 65.6%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.79, 2.15, 59.06) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.79, 59.10, 87.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.94% 0.0014 0.134) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.94% 0.134 89.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.0396, 52.8504, 14.7191) |
| Luminance | 0.5285 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.37
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.81
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.12
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.31
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.65
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E3BC4E #4E75E3
analogous
#E3714E #E3BC4E #C0E34E
triadic
#E3BC4E #4EE3BC #BC4EE3
tetradic
#E3BC4E #4EE371 #4E75E3 #E34EC0
square
#E3BC4E #4EE371 #4E75E3 #E34EC0
split-complementary
#E3BC4E #4EC0E3 #714EE3
monochromatic
#9E7B19 #D3A421 #E3BC4E #EBD083 #F4E4B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.82
#E3BC4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.57
#E3BC4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E3BC4E
11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E3BC4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E3BC4E | 1.00 | 1.82 | 11.57 | 11.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.82 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0BA41
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC553
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5ADA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e3bc4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 188, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.134 89.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0cf84',
500: '#e3bc4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e3bc4e; $custom-light: #f0cf84; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e3bc4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 188,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.295,
"s": 72.683,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80937,
"c": 0.134,
"h": 89.4
},
"luminance": 0.52847
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E3BC4E
secondary
#3451A1
accent
#68EF38
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E