#E3C150#E3C150

#E3C150 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.135 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C150
RGB	rgb(227, 193, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 64.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -0.33, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 59.57, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0055 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.135 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1990, 55.0529, 15.4647)
Luminance	0.5505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C150 #5072E3

analogous

#E37750 #E3C150 #BCE350

triadic

#E3C150 #50E3C1 #C150E3

tetradic

#E3C150 #50E377 #5072E3 #E350BC

square

#E3C150 #50E377 #5072E3 #E350BC

split-complementary

#E3C150 #50BCE3 #7750E3

monochromatic

#9F8019 #D4AB22 #E3C150 #EBD485 #F4E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E3C150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#E3C150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C150

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C150	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 193, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.135 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd386',
    500: '#e3c150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c150;
$custom-light: #efd386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81956,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C150

secondary

#354EA2

accent

#3ED411

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C150

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

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