#E3C244#E3C244

#E3C244 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.145 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E3C244
RGBrgb(227, 194, 68)
HSLhsl(48, 74%, 58%)
HSVhsv(48, 70%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.5%, 70%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(79.23, -1.51, 64.69)
CIE-LCHlch(79.23, 64.71, 91.34°)
OKLaboklab(82.05% -0.0102 0.1443)
OKLCHoklch(82.05% 0.145 94.1)
XYZxyz(52.0164, 55.3347, 13.4086)
Luminance0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E3C244 #4465E3
analogous
#E37244 #E3C244 #B4E344
triadic
#E3C244 #44E3C2 #C244E3
tetradic
#E3C244 #44E372 #4465E3 #E344B4
square
#E3C244 #44E372 #4465E3 #E344B4
split-complementary
#E3C244 #44B4E3 #7244E3
monochromatic
#967C16 #CBA71E #E3C244 #EBD379 #F3E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#E3C244 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07
#E3C244 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C244
12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E3C244#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E3C2441.001.7412.0712.07
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0721.001.001.00
##00000012.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BE32
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC84B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5B3A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e3c244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 194, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.145 94.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d47f',
    500: '#e3c244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e3c244;
$custom-light: #f0d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e3c244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.547,
    "s": 73.953,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82054,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E3C244
secondary
#31479A
accent
#5EF137
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

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#E3C244 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva