#E3E046#E3E046

#E3E046 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.168 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E046
RGB	rgb(227, 224, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 69.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.04, -16.55, 71.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.04, 73.58, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0527 0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.168 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.4419, 70.0863, 16.1900)
Luminance	0.7008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E046 #4649E3

analogous

#E39246 #E3E046 #97E346

triadic

#E3E046 #46E3E0 #E046E3

tetradic

#E3E046 #46E392 #4649E3 #E34697

square

#E3E046 #46E392 #4649E3 #E34697

split-complementary

#E3E046 #4697E3 #9246E3

monochromatic

#989517 #CDC91F #E3E046 #EBE97B #F3F2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E3E046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#E3E046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E046

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E046	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D72C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 224, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.168 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe983',
    500: '#e3e046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e046;
$custom-light: #efe983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.854,
    "s": 73.709,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88258,
    "c": 0.16789,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E046

secondary

#32349C

accent

#3BF037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E046

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

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