#E3CA52#E3CA52

#E3CA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.140 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CA52
RGB	rgb(227, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -4.85, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 61.39, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0182 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.14 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.3245, 59.1837, 16.5431)
Luminance	0.5918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CA52 #526BE3

analogous

#E38152 #E3CA52 #B3E352

triadic

#E3CA52 #52E3CA #CA52E3

tetradic

#E3CA52 #52E381 #526BE3 #E352B3

square

#E3CA52 #52E381 #526BE3 #E352B3

split-complementary

#E3CA52 #52B3E3 #8152E3

monochromatic

#A1891A #D5B623 #E3CA52 #ECDA87 #F4EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E3CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E3CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CA52

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CA52	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.140 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd988',
    500: '#e3ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ca52;
$custom-light: #efd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83797,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CA52

secondary

#3649A3

accent

#33D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CA52

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

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