#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
RGBrgb(227, 199, 74)
HSLhsl(49, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(49, 67%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.3%, 67.4%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(80.56, -3.77, 63.65)
CIE-LCHlch(80.56, 63.76, 93.39°)
OKLaboklab(83.12% -0.0161 0.1431)
OKLCHoklch(83.12% 0.144 96.4)
XYZxyz(53.3405, 57.6749, 14.8000)
Luminance0.5767 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E3C74A1.001.6812.5312.53
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.5321.001.001.00
##00000012.5321.001.001.00

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

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#E3C74A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva