#E3C74A#E3C74A

#E3C74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.144 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C74A
RGB	rgb(227, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 67.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -3.77, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 63.76, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0161 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.144 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.3405, 57.6749, 14.8000)
Luminance	0.5767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C74A #4A66E3

analogous

#E37B4A #E3C74A #B2E34A

triadic

#E3C74A #4AE3C7 #C74AE3

tetradic

#E3C74A #4AE37B #4A66E3 #E34AB2

square

#E3C74A #4AE37B #4A66E3 #E34AB2

split-complementary

#E3C74A #4AB2E3 #7B4AE3

monochromatic

#9B8318 #D0B020 #E3C74A #EBD77F #F3E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E3C74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#E3C74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C74A

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C74A	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.144 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd783',
    500: '#e3c74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c74a;
$custom-light: #efd783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.02,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83115,
    "c": 0.14397,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C74A

secondary

#33479E

accent

#5AF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C74A

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

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