#E3CA49#E3CA49

#E3CA49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.147 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CA49
RGB	rgb(227, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, -5.37, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 65.06, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.0207 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.147 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.0042, 59.0556, 14.8563)
Luminance	0.5905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CA49 #4962E3

analogous

#E37D49 #E3CA49 #AFE349

triadic

#E3CA49 #49E3CA #CA49E3

tetradic

#E3CA49 #49E37D #4962E3 #E349AF

square

#E3CA49 #49E37D #4962E3 #E349AF

split-complementary

#E3CA49 #49AFE3 #7D49E3

monochromatic

#9A8518 #CFB320 #E3CA49 #EBD97E #F3E9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E3CA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#E3CA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CA49

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CA49	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.147 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd982',
    500: '#e3ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ca49;
$custom-light: #efd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.26,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83718,
    "c": 0.14689,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CA49

secondary

#33449E

accent

#56F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CA49

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

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