#E3CE79#E3CE79

#E3CE79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.108 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CE79
RGB	rgb(227, 206, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 46.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, -3.88, 44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 44.91, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.0111 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.108 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.2027, 61.8562, 27.0117)
Luminance	0.6185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CE79 #798EE3

analogous

#E39979 #E3CE79 #C3E379

triadic

#E3CE79 #79E3CE #CE79E3

tetradic

#E3CE79 #79E399 #798EE3 #E379C3

square

#E3CE79 #79E399 #798EE3 #E379C3

split-complementary

#E3CE79 #79C3E3 #9979E3

monochromatic

#BB9D27 #D8BB46 #E3CE79 #EEE1AC #F8F3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E3CE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#E3CE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CE79

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CE79	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ce79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 206, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.108 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedca1',
    500: '#e3ce79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ce79;
$custom-light: #eedca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ce79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.113,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85074,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CE79

secondary

#465DBA

accent

#3CCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CE79

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

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