#E3CC4E#E3CC4E

#E3CC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.145 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CC4E
RGB	rgb(227, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 65.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -6.11, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 63.68, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0223 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.145 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6490, 60.0692, 15.9222)
Luminance	0.6007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CC4E #4E65E3

analogous

#E3814E #E3CC4E #B0E34E

triadic

#E3CC4E #4EE3CC #CC4EE3

tetradic

#E3CC4E #4EE381 #4E65E3 #E34EB0

square

#E3CC4E #4EE381 #4E65E3 #E34EB0

split-complementary

#E3CC4E #4EB0E3 #814EE3

monochromatic

#9E8919 #D3B721 #E3CC4E #EBDB83 #F4EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E3CC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E3CC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CC4E

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CC4E	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)

#DFC73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.145 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb86',
    500: '#e3cc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cc4e;
$custom-light: #efdb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.738,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84169,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CC4E

secondary

#3445A1

accent

#55EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CC4E

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

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