#E3C648#E3C648

#E3C648 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.145 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C648
RGB	rgb(227, 198, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 68.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -3.37, 64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 64.26, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0151 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.145 96)
XYZ	xyz(53.0449, 57.1897, 14.3743)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C648 #4865E3

analogous

#E37848 #E3C648 #B2E348

triadic

#E3C648 #48E3C6 #C648E3

tetradic

#E3C648 #48E378 #4865E3 #E348B2

square

#E3C648 #48E378 #4865E3 #E348B2

split-complementary

#E3C648 #48B2E3 #7848E3

monochromatic

#998117 #CEAE20 #E3C648 #EBD77D #F3E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E3C648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#E3C648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C648

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C648	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 198, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.145 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d682',
    500: '#e3c648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c648;
$custom-light: #f0d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.774,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82896,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.57187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C648

secondary

#32469D

accent

#5AF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C648

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

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