#E3E12E#E3E12E

#E3E12E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.181 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E12E
RGB	rgb(227, 225, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 79.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.18, -17.99, 79.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.18, 81.30, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.34% -0.0587 0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(88.34% 0.181 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.0993, 70.3805, 13.0559)
Luminance	0.7038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E12E #2E30E3

analogous

#E3862E #E3E12E #8AE32E

triadic

#E3E12E #2EE3E1 #E12EE3

tetradic

#E3E12E #2EE386 #2E30E3 #E32E8A

square

#E3E12E #2EE386 #2E30E3 #E32E8A

split-complementary

#E3E12E #2E8AE3 #862EE3

monochromatic

#858412 #BBB919 #E3E12E #EAE964 #F1F09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E3E12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#E3E12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E12E

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E12E	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 225, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.181 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea78',
    500: '#e3e12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e12e;
$custom-light: #f0ea78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.337,
    "s": 76.371,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88335,
    "c": 0.18112,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E12E

secondary

#2A2B8B

accent

#37F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E12E

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

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