#E3CB4E#E3CB4E

#E3CB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.144 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CB4E
RGB	rgb(227, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 65.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -5.60, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 63.36, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.0208 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.144 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4121, 59.5954, 15.8432)
Luminance	0.5959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CB4E #4E66E3

analogous

#E3814E #E3CB4E #B0E34E

triadic

#E3CB4E #4EE3CB #CB4EE3

tetradic

#E3CB4E #4EE381 #4E66E3 #E34EB0

square

#E3CB4E #4EE381 #4E66E3 #E34EB0

split-complementary

#E3CB4E #4EB0E3 #814EE3

monochromatic

#9E8819 #D3B621 #E3CB4E #EBDB83 #F4EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E3CB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#E3CB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CB4E

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CB4E	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.144 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda85',
    500: '#e3cb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cb4e;
$custom-light: #efda85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83965,
    "c": 0.14409,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CB4E

secondary

#3446A1

accent

#56EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CB4E

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

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