#E3C448#E3C448

#E3C448 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.143 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C448
RGB	rgb(227, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 68.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -2.34, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 63.69, 92.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0122 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.143 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5908, 56.2814, 14.2230)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C448 #4867E3

analogous

#E37648 #E3C448 #B4E348

triadic

#E3C448 #48E3C4 #C448E3

tetradic

#E3C448 #48E376 #4867E3 #E348B4

square

#E3C448 #48E376 #4867E3 #E348B4

split-complementary

#E3C448 #48B4E3 #7648E3

monochromatic

#997F17 #CEAB20 #E3C448 #EBD57D #F3E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E3C448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#E3C448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C448

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C448	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.143 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d581',
    500: '#e3c448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c448;
$custom-light: #f0d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8249,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C448

secondary

#32489D

accent

#5DF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C448

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

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