#E3C04A#E3C04A

#E3C04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.139 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C04A
RGB	rgb(227, 192, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 67.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -0.16, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 61.79, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0057 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.139 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.7669, 54.5275, 14.2754)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C04A #4A6DE3

analogous

#E3744A #E3C04A #B9E34A

triadic

#E3C04A #4AE3C0 #C04AE3

tetradic

#E3C04A #4AE374 #4A6DE3 #E34AB9

square

#E3C04A #4AE374 #4A6DE3 #E34AB9

split-complementary

#E3C04A #4AB9E3 #744AE3

monochromatic

#9B7D18 #D0A820 #E3C04A #EBD27F #F3E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E3C04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#E3C04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C04A

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C04A	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 192, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.139 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d282',
    500: '#e3c04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c04a;
$custom-light: #f0d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.275,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81701,
    "c": 0.13927,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C04A

secondary

#334C9E

accent

#62F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C04A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →