#E3C052#E3C052

#E3C052 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.133 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C052
RGB	rgb(227, 192, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 63.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, 0.31, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 58.44, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0034 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.133 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0537, 54.6422, 15.7862)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C052 #5275E3

analogous

#E37752 #E3C052 #BEE352

triadic

#E3C052 #52E3C0 #C052E3

tetradic

#E3C052 #52E377 #5275E3 #E352BE

square

#E3C052 #52E377 #5275E3 #E352BE

split-complementary

#E3C052 #52BEE3 #7752E3

monochromatic

#A1801A #D5AA23 #E3C052 #ECD387 #F4E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E3C052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#E3C052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C052

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C052	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 192, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.133 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd287',
    500: '#e3c052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c052;
$custom-light: #efd287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81775,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C052

secondary

#3650A3

accent

#40D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C052

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

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