#E3C855#E3C855

#E3C855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.136 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C855
RGB	rgb(227, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -3.64, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 59.49, 93.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0144 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.136 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9749, 58.2979, 17.0022)
Luminance	0.5829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C855 #5570E3

analogous

#E38155 #E3C855 #B7E355

triadic

#E3C855 #55E3C8 #C855E3

tetradic

#E3C855 #55E381 #5570E3 #E355B7

square

#E3C855 #55E381 #5570E3 #E355B7

split-complementary

#E3C855 #55B7E3 #8155E3

monochromatic

#A3891B #D7B523 #E3C855 #ECD98A #F4EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E3C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#E3C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C855

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C855	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.136 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd889',
    500: '#e3c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c855;
$custom-light: #efd889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83418,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C855

secondary

#374CA5

accent

#37D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C855

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

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