#E3C343#E3C343

#E3C343 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.146 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C343
RGB	rgb(227, 195, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 70.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -2.07, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 65.36, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.012 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.146 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2095, 55.7692, 13.3236)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C343 #4363E3

analogous

#E37343 #E3C343 #B3E343

triadic

#E3C343 #43E3C3 #C343E3

tetradic

#E3C343 #43E373 #4363E3 #E343B3

square

#E3C343 #43E373 #4363E3 #E343B3

split-complementary

#E3C343 #43B3E3 #7343E3

monochromatic

#957C16 #CBA81E #E3C343 #EBD478 #F3E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E3C343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E3C343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C343

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C343	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 195, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.146 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d47f',
    500: '#e3c343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c343;
$custom-light: #f0d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82249,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C343

secondary

#31469A

accent

#5CF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C343

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

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