#E3CC57#E3CC57

#E3CC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CC57
RGB	rgb(227, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, -5.56, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 59.91, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0197 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.9940, 60.2072, 17.7394)
Luminance	0.6020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CC57 #576EE3

analogous

#E38657 #E3CC57 #B4E357

triadic

#E3CC57 #57E3CC #CC57E3

tetradic

#E3CC57 #57E386 #576EE3 #E357B4

square

#E3CC57 #57E386 #576EE3 #E357B4

split-complementary

#E3CC57 #57B4E3 #8657E3

monochromatic

#A48E1B #D9BB24 #E3CC57 #ECDC8B #F4ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E3CC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E3CC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CC57

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CC57	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb8b',
    500: '#e3cc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cc57;
$custom-light: #efdb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84253,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CC57

secondary

#384AA7

accent

#32D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CC57

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

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