#E3CE3C#E3CE3C

#E3CE3C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.158 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CE3C
RGB	rgb(227, 206, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 73.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, -8.03, 70.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 71.07, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0296 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.158 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5680, 60.8023, 13.1358)
Luminance	0.6080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CE3C #3C51E3

analogous

#E37B3C #E3CE3C #A5E33C

triadic

#E3CE3C #3CE3CE #CE3CE3

tetradic

#E3CE3C #3CE37B #3C51E3 #E33CA5

square

#E3CE3C #3CE37B #3C51E3 #E33CA5

split-complementary

#E3CE3C #3CA5E3 #7B3CE3

monochromatic

#908015 #C5B01C #E3CE3C #EBDB72 #F2E9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E3CE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E3CE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CE3C

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CE3C	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ce3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 206, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.158 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc7c',
    500: '#e3ce3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ce3c;
$custom-light: #f0dc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ce3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.455,
    "s": 74.888,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84445,
    "c": 0.15815,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CE3C

secondary

#2E3B95

accent

#4EF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CE3C

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

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