#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
RGB	rgb(227, 194, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 70%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -1.51, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 64.71, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0102 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.145 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0164, 55.3347, 13.4086)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E3C244	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E3C244

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

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