#E3CA79#E3CA79

#E3CA79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.105 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CA79
RGB	rgb(227, 202, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 46.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -1.82, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 43.51, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0051 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.105 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2520, 59.9547, 26.6948)
Luminance	0.5995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CA79 #7992E3

analogous

#E39579 #E3CA79 #C7E379

triadic

#E3CA79 #79E3CA #CA79E3

tetradic

#E3CA79 #79E395 #7992E3 #E379C7

square

#E3CA79 #79E395 #7992E3 #E379C7

split-complementary

#E3CA79 #79C7E3 #9579E3

monochromatic

#BB9827 #D8B646 #E3CA79 #EEDEAC #F8F2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E3CA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#E3CA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CA79

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CA79	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)

#DAC772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ca79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 202, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.105 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed9a1',
    500: '#e3ca79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ca79;
$custom-light: #eed9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ca79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.849,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84266,
    "c": 0.10485,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CA79

secondary

#4661BA

accent

#43CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CA79

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

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