#E3CE4F#E3CE4F

#E3CE4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.146 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CE4F
RGB	rgb(227, 206, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 65.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -7.07, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 63.91, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.0249 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.146 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1635, 61.0405, 16.2719)
Luminance	0.6104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CE4F #4F64E3

analogous

#E3844F #E3CE4F #AEE34F

triadic

#E3CE4F #4FE3CE #CE4FE3

tetradic

#E3CE4F #4FE384 #4F64E3 #E34FAE

square

#E3CE4F #4FE384 #4F64E3 #E34FAE

split-complementary

#E3CE4F #4FAEE3 #844FE3

monochromatic

#9E8B19 #D3BA22 #E3CE4F #EBDD84 #F4EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E3CE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#E3CE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CE4F

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CE4F	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ce4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 206, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.146 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc86',
    500: '#e3ce4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ce4f;
$custom-light: #efdc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ce4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.486,
    "s": 72.549,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84588,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CE4F

secondary

#3544A1

accent

#52EF39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CE4F

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

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