#E3C140#E3C140

#E3C140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.147 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C140
RGB	rgb(227, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -1.18, 65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 65.97, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0098 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.147 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6767, 54.8439, 12.7135)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C140 #4062E3

analogous

#E37040 #E3C140 #B3E340

triadic

#E3C140 #40E3C1 #C140E3

tetradic

#E3C140 #40E370 #4062E3 #E340B3

square

#E3C140 #40E370 #4062E3 #E340B3

split-complementary

#E3C140 #40B3E3 #7040E3

monochromatic

#937916 #C8A51D #E3C140 #EBD275 #F3E4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E3C140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#E3C140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C140

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C140	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.147 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d37d',
    500: '#e3c140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c140;
$custom-light: #f0d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.485,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81822,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C140

secondary

#304597

accent

#5EF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C140

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

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