#E3C159#E3C159

#E3C159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.128 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C159
RGB	rgb(227, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, 0.24, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 55.66, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0027 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.128 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5541, 55.1949, 17.3348)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C159 #597BE3

analogous

#E37C59 #E3C159 #C0E359

triadic

#E3C159 #59E3C1 #C159E3

tetradic

#E3C159 #59E37C #597BE3 #E359C0

square

#E3C159 #59E37C #597BE3 #E359C0

split-complementary

#E3C159 #59C0E3 #7C59E3

monochromatic

#A6841C #DAAD25 #E3C159 #ECD58D #F5E8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E3C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#E3C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C159

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C159	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.128 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd38b',
    500: '#e3c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c159;
$custom-light: #efd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82047,
    "c": 0.12835,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C159

secondary

#3854A8

accent

#42D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C159

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

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