#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
RGB	rgb(227, 198, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 67.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -3.26, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 63.46, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0146 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.143 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.1112, 57.2162, 14.7236)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E3C64A	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)

#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

Preview with #E3C64A

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

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