#E3C852#E3C852

#E3C852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.139 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C852
RGB	rgb(227, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 63.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -3.83, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 60.77, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0153 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.139 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.8582, 58.2513, 16.3877)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C852 #526DE3

analogous

#E38052 #E3C852 #B5E352

triadic

#E3C852 #52E3C8 #C852E3

tetradic

#E3C852 #52E380 #526DE3 #E352B5

square

#E3C852 #52E380 #526DE3 #E352B5

split-complementary

#E3C852 #52B5E3 #8052E3

monochromatic

#A1881A #D5B423 #E3C852 #ECD987 #F4E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E3C852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#E3C852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C852

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C852	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.139 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd888',
    500: '#e3c852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c852;
$custom-light: #efd888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8339,
    "c": 0.13881,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C852

secondary

#364AA3

accent

#36D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C852

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

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