#E3CC59#E3CC59

#E3CC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CC59
RGB	rgb(227, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -5.43, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 59.04, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0191 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(55.0769, 60.2404, 18.1757)
Luminance	0.6024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CC59 #5970E3

analogous

#E38759 #E3CC59 #B5E359

triadic

#E3CC59 #59E3CC #CC59E3

tetradic

#E3CC59 #59E387 #5970E3 #E359B5

square

#E3CC59 #59E387 #5970E3 #E359B5

split-complementary

#E3CC59 #59B5E3 #8759E3

monochromatic

#A68F1C #DABC25 #E3CC59 #ECDC8D #F5ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E3CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E3CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CC59

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CC59	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdb8c',
    500: '#e3cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3cc59;
$custom-light: #efdb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84273,
    "c": 0.13634,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.60238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CC59

secondary

#384BA8

accent

#32D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CC59

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

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