#E3C844#E3C844

#E3C844 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.149 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C844
RGB	rgb(227, 200, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 70%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -4.60, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 66.39, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0191 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.149 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.3788, 58.0595, 13.8627)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C844 #445FE3

analogous

#E37844 #E3C844 #AFE344

triadic

#E3C844 #44E3C8 #C844E3

tetradic

#E3C844 #44E378 #445FE3 #E344AF

square

#E3C844 #44E378 #445FE3 #E344AF

split-complementary

#E3C844 #44AFE3 #7844E3

monochromatic

#968016 #CBAE1E #E3C844 #EBD879 #F3E7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E3C844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E3C844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C844

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C844	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 200, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.149 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d880',
    500: '#e3c844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c844;
$custom-light: #f0d880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 73.953,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83271,
    "c": 0.14875,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C844

secondary

#31439A

accent

#57F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C844

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

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