#E3CE74#E3CE74

#E3CE74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.113 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CE74
RGB	rgb(227, 206, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 48.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -4.34, 47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 47.32, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.0129 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.113 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9040, 61.7367, 25.4386)
Luminance	0.6173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CE74 #7489E3

analogous

#E39774 #E3CE74 #C0E374

triadic

#E3CE74 #74E3CE #CE74E3

tetradic

#E3CE74 #74E397 #7489E3 #E374C0

square

#E3CE74 #74E397 #7489E3 #E374C0

split-complementary

#E3CE74 #74C0E3 #9774E3

monochromatic

#B89C25 #D9BC41 #E3CE74 #EDE0A7 #F8F2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E3CE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E3CE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CE74

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CE74	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ce74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 206, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.113 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedc9e',
    500: '#e3ce74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ce74;
$custom-light: #eedc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ce74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85003,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CE74

secondary

#4359B8

accent

#3ACE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CE74

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

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