#E3CA55#E3CA55

#E3CA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CA55
RGB	rgb(227, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -4.67, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 60.12, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0173 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4411, 59.2304, 17.1576)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CA55 #556EE3

analogous

#E38355 #E3CA55 #B5E355

triadic

#E3CA55 #55E3CA #CA55E3

tetradic

#E3CA55 #55E383 #556EE3 #E355B5

square

#E3CA55 #55E383 #556EE3 #E355B5

split-complementary

#E3CA55 #55B5E3 #8355E3

monochromatic

#A38B1B #D7B823 #E3CA55 #ECDA8A #F4EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E3CA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E3CA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CA55

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CA55	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd98a',
    500: '#e3ca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ca55;
$custom-light: #efd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83825,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CA55

secondary

#374AA5

accent

#34D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CA55

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

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