#E3CA78#E3CA78

#E3CA78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.106 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CA78
RGB	rgb(227, 202, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 47.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, -1.91, 43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 43.99, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0055 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.106 93)
XYZ	xyz(56.1910, 59.9303, 26.3735)
Luminance	0.5993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CA78 #7891E3

analogous

#E39478 #E3CA78 #C7E378

triadic

#E3CA78 #78E3CA #CA78E3

tetradic

#E3CA78 #78E394 #7891E3 #E378C7

square

#E3CA78 #78E394 #7891E3 #E378C7

split-complementary

#E3CA78 #78C7E3 #9478E3

monochromatic

#BA9827 #D8B645 #E3CA78 #EEDEAB #F8F2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E3CA78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#E3CA78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CA78

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CA78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CA78	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ca78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 202, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.106 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed9a0',
    500: '#e3ca78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ca78;
$custom-light: #eed9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ca78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.981,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84251,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.59928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CA78

secondary

#4560BA

accent

#42CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CA78

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

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