#E3CA4C#E3CA4C

#E3CA4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.145 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CA4C
RGB	rgb(227, 202, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 66.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -5.20, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 63.86, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0199 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.145 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.1061, 59.0964, 15.3929)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CA4C #4C65E3

analogous

#E37F4C #E3CA4C #B1E34C

triadic

#E3CA4C #4CE3CA #CA4CE3

tetradic

#E3CA4C #4CE37F #4C65E3 #E34CB1

square

#E3CA4C #4CE37F #4C65E3 #E34CB1

split-complementary

#E3CA4C #4CB1E3 #7F4CE3

monochromatic

#9C8618 #D1B421 #E3CA4C #EBDA81 #F4E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E3CA4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E3CA4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CA4C

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CA4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CA4C	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ca4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 202, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.145 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd984',
    500: '#e3ca4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ca4c;
$custom-light: #efd984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ca4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.066,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83743,
    "c": 0.14478,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CA4C

secondary

#3446A0

accent

#57F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CA4C

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

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