#E3E245#E3E245

#E3E245 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.170 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E245
RGB	rgb(227, 226, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 69.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.56, -17.58, 72.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.56, 74.66, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% -0.0556 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.17 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.9512, 71.1551, 16.2054)
Luminance	0.7115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E245 #4546E3

analogous

#E39345 #E3E245 #95E345

triadic

#E3E245 #45E3E2 #E245E3

tetradic

#E3E245 #45E393 #4546E3 #E34595

square

#E3E245 #45E393 #4546E3 #E34595

split-complementary

#E3E245 #4595E3 #9345E3

monochromatic

#979617 #CCCB1F #E3E245 #EBEA7A #F3F3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E3E245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#E3E245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E245

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E245	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 226, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.170 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea82',
    500: '#e3e245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e245;
$custom-light: #f0ea82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.62,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88672,
    "c": 0.17041,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E245

secondary

#31329B

accent

#38F037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E245

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

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