#E3C049#E3C049

#E3C049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.140 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C049
RGB	rgb(227, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -0.21, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 62.20, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.006 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.14 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7334, 54.5141, 14.0994)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C049 #496CE3

analogous

#E37349 #E3C049 #B9E349

triadic

#E3C049 #49E3C0 #C049E3

tetradic

#E3C049 #49E373 #496CE3 #E349B9

square

#E3C049 #49E373 #496CE3 #E349B9

split-complementary

#E3C049 #49B9E3 #7349E3

monochromatic

#9A7C18 #CFA720 #E3C049 #EBD27E #F3E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E3C049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#E3C049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C049

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C049	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.140 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d282',
    500: '#e3c049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c049;
$custom-light: #f0d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81692,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C049

secondary

#334B9E

accent

#62F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C049

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

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