#E3C744#E3C744

#E3C744 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.148 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C744
RGB	rgb(227, 199, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 70%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -4.09, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 66.10, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0176 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.148 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.1480, 57.5978, 13.7858)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C744 #4460E3

analogous

#E37744 #E3C744 #AFE344

triadic

#E3C744 #44E3C7 #C744E3

tetradic

#E3C744 #44E377 #4460E3 #E344AF

square

#E3C744 #44E377 #4460E3 #E344AF

split-complementary

#E3C744 #44AFE3 #7744E3

monochromatic

#968016 #CBAD1E #E3C744 #EBD779 #F3E7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E3C744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E3C744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C744

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C744	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 199, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.148 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d77f',
    500: '#e3c744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c744;
$custom-light: #f0d77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.434,
    "s": 73.953,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83068,
    "c": 0.14803,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C744

secondary

#31449A

accent

#58F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C744

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

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