#E3C64A#E3C64A

#E3C64A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.143 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E3C64A
RGBrgb(227, 198, 74)
HSLhsl(49, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(49, 67%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.8%, 67.4%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(80.30, -3.26, 63.38)
CIE-LCHlch(80.30, 63.46, 92.94°)
OKLaboklab(82.91% -0.0146 0.1425)
OKLCHoklch(82.91% 0.143 95.8)
XYZxyz(53.1112, 57.2162, 14.7236)
Luminance0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E3C64A #4A67E3
analogous
#E37A4A #E3C64A #B4E34A
triadic
#E3C64A #4AE3C6 #C64AE3
tetradic
#E3C64A #4AE37A #4A67E3 #E34AB4
square
#E3C64A #4AE37A #4A67E3 #E34AB4
split-complementary
#E3C64A #4AB4E3 #7A4AE3
monochromatic
#9B8218 #D0AE20 #E3C64A #EBD77F #F3E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69
#E3C64A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44
#E3C64A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C64A
12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E3C64A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E3C64A1.001.6912.4412.44
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4421.001.001.00
##00000012.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C23A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CB51
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4B7AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e3c64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 198, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.143 95.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d683',
    500: '#e3c64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e3c64a;
$custom-light: #f0d683;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e3c64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.627,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82912,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E3C64A
secondary
#33479E
accent
#5BF038
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

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#E3C64A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva