#E3CE4D#E3CE4D

#E3CE4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.147 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CE4D
RGB	rgb(227, 206, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 66.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, -7.19, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 64.72, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.0255 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.147 100)
XYZ	xyz(55.0918, 61.0118, 15.8943)
Luminance	0.6101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CE4D #4D62E3

analogous

#E3834D #E3CE4D #ADE34D

triadic

#E3CE4D #4DE3CE #CE4DE3

tetradic

#E3CE4D #4DE383 #4D62E3 #E34DAD

square

#E3CE4D #4DE383 #4D62E3 #E34DAD

split-complementary

#E3CE4D #4DADE3 #834DE3

monochromatic

#9D8A19 #D2B921 #E3CE4D #EBDD82 #F4EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E3CE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#E3CE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CE4D

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CE4D	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ce4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 206, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.147 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc85',
    500: '#e3ce4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ce4d;
$custom-light: #efdc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ce4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84571,
    "c": 0.14721,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.61009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CE4D

secondary

#3443A0

accent

#52F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CE4D

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

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