#E3CE8A#E3CE8A

#E3CE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.090 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3CE8A
RGB	rgb(227, 206, 138)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 39.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.08, -2.14, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.08, 36.55, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0046 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.09 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.3386, 62.3105, 32.9939)
Luminance	0.6231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3CE8A #8A9FE3

analogous

#E3A28A #E3CE8A #CCE38A

triadic

#E3CE8A #8AE3CE #CE8AE3

tetradic

#E3CE8A #8AE3A2 #8A9FE3 #E38ACC

square

#E3CE8A #8AE3A2 #8A9FE3 #E38ACC

split-complementary

#E3CE8A #8ACCE3 #A28AE3

monochromatic

#C4A12F #D7B959 #E3CE8A #EFE3BB #F9F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E3CE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#E3CE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3CE8A

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3CE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3CE8A	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCB85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ce8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 206, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.090 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddcad',
    500: '#e3ce8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ce8a;
$custom-light: #eddcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ce8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.843,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85343,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3CE8A

secondary

#566EBB

accent

#45C91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3CE8A

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

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