#E3E045#E3E045

#E3E045 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.169 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E045
RGB	rgb(227, 224, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 69.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.03, -16.60, 72.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.03, 73.94, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.25% -0.0529 0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(88.25% 0.169 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.4106, 70.0738, 16.0251)
Luminance	0.7007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E045 #4548E3

analogous

#E39145 #E3E045 #97E345

triadic

#E3E045 #45E3E0 #E045E3

tetradic

#E3E045 #45E391 #4548E3 #E34597

square

#E3E045 #45E391 #4548E3 #E34597

split-complementary

#E3E045 #4597E3 #9145E3

monochromatic

#979417 #CCC91F #E3E045 #EBE97A #F3F2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E3E045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#E3E045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E045

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E045	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)

#F2D72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 224, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.169 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e982',
    500: '#e3e045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e045;
$custom-light: #f0e982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.861,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88251,
    "c": 0.1685,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E045

secondary

#31339B

accent

#3BF037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E045

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

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