#E3CA4E#E3CA4E

#E3CA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.143 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CA4E
RGB	rgb(227, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 65.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -5.09, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 63.05, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0194 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.143 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1767, 59.1246, 15.7648)
Luminance	0.5912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CA4E #4E67E3

analogous

#E3804E #E3CA4E #B1E34E

triadic

#E3CA4E #4EE3CA #CA4EE3

tetradic

#E3CA4E #4EE380 #4E67E3 #E34EB1

square

#E3CA4E #4EE380 #4E67E3 #E34EB1

split-complementary

#E3CA4E #4EB1E3 #804EE3

monochromatic

#9E8719 #D3B521 #E3CA4E #EBDA83 #F4EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E3CA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E3CA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CA4E

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CA4E	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)

#DDC53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.143 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd985',
    500: '#e3ca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ca4e;
$custom-light: #efd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.933,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83761,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CA4E

secondary

#3447A1

accent

#57EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CA4E

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

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