#E3C263#E3C263

#E3C263 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.120 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C263
RGB	rgb(227, 194, 99)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 56.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, 0.44, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 51.42, 89.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.001 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.12 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2247, 55.8180, 19.7724)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C263 #6384E3

analogous

#E38263 #E3C263 #C4E363

triadic

#E3C263 #63E3C2 #C263E3

tetradic

#E3C263 #63E382 #6384E3 #E363C4

square

#E3C263 #63E382 #6384E3 #E363C4

split-complementary

#E3C263 #63C4E3 #8263E3

monochromatic

#AD881F #DAAE2F #E3C263 #ECD697 #F6EBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E3C263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#E3C263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C263

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C263	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 194, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.120 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd492',
    500: '#e3c263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c263;
$custom-light: #efd492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.531,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82361,
    "c": 0.12036,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C263

secondary

#3C59AE

accent

#45D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C263

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

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