#E3C644#E3C644

#E3C644 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.147 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C644
RGB	rgb(227, 198, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 70%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -3.57, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 65.82, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.0161 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.147 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.9186, 57.1392, 13.7093)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C644 #4461E3

analogous

#E37744 #E3C644 #B0E344

triadic

#E3C644 #44E3C6 #C644E3

tetradic

#E3C644 #44E377 #4461E3 #E344B0

square

#E3C644 #44E377 #4461E3 #E344B0

split-complementary

#E3C644 #44B0E3 #7744E3

monochromatic

#967F16 #CBAC1E #E3C644 #EBD679 #F3E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E3C644 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E3C644 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C644

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C644	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C644	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c644;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 198, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.147 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d67f',
    500: '#e3c644',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c644;
$custom-light: #f0d67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c644",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.057,
    "s": 73.953,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82864,
    "c": 0.14733,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C644

secondary

#31449A

accent

#59F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C644

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

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