#E3C352#E3C352
#E3C352 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.135 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E3C352 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 195, 82) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 72%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 64%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 63.9%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.60, -1.25, 59.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.60, 59.28, 91.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.38% -0.0079 0.135) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.38% 0.135 93.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.7192, 55.9731, 16.0080) |
| Luminance | 0.5597 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.57
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.40
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.53
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.70
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.45
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E3C352 #5272E3
analogous
#E37B52 #E3C352 #BAE352
triadic
#E3C352 #52E3C3 #C352E3
tetradic
#E3C352 #52E37B #5272E3 #E352BA
square
#E3C352 #52E37B #5272E3 #E352BA
split-complementary
#E3C352 #52BAE3 #7B52E3
monochromatic
#A1831A #D5AE23 #E3C352 #ECD587 #F4E8BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.72
#E3C352 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.19
#E3C352 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E3C352
12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E3C352 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E3C352 | 1.00 | 1.72 | 12.19 | 12.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.72 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6C045
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC957
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4B5AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e3c352; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 195, 82); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.135 93.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efd487',
500: '#e3c352',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e3c352; $custom-light: #efd487; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e3c352",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 195,
"b": 82
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.759,
"s": 72.139,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82378,
"c": 0.13527,
"h": 93.3
},
"luminance": 0.5597
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E3C352
secondary
#364EA3
accent
#3CD411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF3
border
#D7D4CD
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F