#E3CC4D#E3CC4D

#E3CC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.146 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CC4D
RGB	rgb(227, 204, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 66.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -6.17, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 64.08, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0226 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.146 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6134, 60.0550, 15.7348)
Luminance	0.6005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CC4D #4D64E3

analogous

#E3814D #E3CC4D #AFE34D

triadic

#E3CC4D #4DE3CC #CC4DE3

tetradic

#E3CC4D #4DE381 #4D64E3 #E34DAF

square

#E3CC4D #4DE381 #4D64E3 #E34DAF

split-complementary

#E3CC4D #4DAFE3 #814DE3

monochromatic

#9D8919 #D2B721 #E3CC4D #EBDB82 #F4EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E3CC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E3CC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CC4D

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CC4D	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 204, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.146 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb85',
    500: '#e3cc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cc4d;
$custom-light: #efdb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.8,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84161,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CC4D

secondary

#3445A0

accent

#54F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CC4D

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

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