#E3E043#E3E043

#E3E043 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.170 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E043
RGB	rgb(227, 224, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 70.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, -16.69, 72.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 74.63, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0533 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.17 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.3495, 70.0493, 15.7037)
Luminance	0.7005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E043 #4346E3

analogous

#E39043 #E3E043 #96E343

triadic

#E3E043 #43E3E0 #E043E3

tetradic

#E3E043 #43E390 #4346E3 #E34396

square

#E3E043 #43E390 #4346E3 #E34396

split-complementary

#E3E043 #4396E3 #9043E3

monochromatic

#959316 #CBC71E #E3E043 #EBE978 #F3F2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E3E043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#E3E043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E043

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E043	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 224, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.170 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e981',
    500: '#e3e043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e043;
$custom-light: #f0e981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.875,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88238,
    "c": 0.1697,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E043

secondary

#31339A

accent

#3BF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E043

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

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