#E3CA54#E3CA54

#E3CA54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.139 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CA54
RGB	rgb(227, 202, 84)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -4.73, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 60.54, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0176 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.139 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4017, 59.2146, 16.9498)
Luminance	0.5921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CA54 #546DE3

analogous

#E38254 #E3CA54 #B5E354

triadic

#E3CA54 #54E3CA #CA54E3

tetradic

#E3CA54 #54E382 #546DE3 #E354B5

square

#E3CA54 #54E382 #546DE3 #E354B5

split-complementary

#E3CA54 #54B5E3 #8254E3

monochromatic

#A28A1B #D7B723 #E3CA54 #ECDA89 #F4EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E3CA54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E3CA54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CA54

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CA54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CA54	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)

#DDC546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ca54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 202, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.139 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd989',
    500: '#e3ca54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ca54;
$custom-light: #efd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ca54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 71.859,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83815,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CA54

secondary

#364AA5

accent

#34D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CA54

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

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