#E3CA73#E3CA73

#E3CA73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.111 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CA73
RGB	rgb(227, 202, 115)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 49.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -2.37, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 46.40, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0073 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.111 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8954, 59.8121, 24.8170)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CA73 #738CE3

analogous

#E39273 #E3CA73 #C4E373

triadic

#E3CA73 #73E3CA #CA73E3

tetradic

#E3CA73 #73E392 #738CE3 #E373C4

square

#E3CA73 #73E392 #738CE3 #E373C4

split-complementary

#E3CA73 #73C4E3 #9273E3

monochromatic

#B79625 #D9B740 #E3CA73 #EDDDA6 #F7F1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E3CA73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E3CA73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CA73

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CA73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CA73	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ca73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 202, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.111 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed99d',
    500: '#e3ca73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ca73;
$custom-light: #eed99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ca73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.607,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84179,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CA73

secondary

#435DB7

accent

#40CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CA73

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

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