#E3C348#E3C348

#E3C348 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.143 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C348
RGB	rgb(227, 195, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 68.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -1.82, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 63.41, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0107 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.143 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3660, 55.8318, 14.1480)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C348 #4868E3

analogous

#E37548 #E3C348 #B5E348

triadic

#E3C348 #48E3C3 #C348E3

tetradic

#E3C348 #48E375 #4868E3 #E348B5

square

#E3C348 #48E375 #4868E3 #E348B5

split-complementary

#E3C348 #48B5E3 #7548E3

monochromatic

#997E17 #CEAA20 #E3C348 #EBD47D #F3E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E3C348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#E3C348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C348

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C348	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 195, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.143 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d481',
    500: '#e3c348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c348;
$custom-light: #f0d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.613,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82288,
    "c": 0.14259,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C348

secondary

#32489D

accent

#5EF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C348

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

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