#E3E252#E3E252

#E3E252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.162 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E252
RGB	rgb(227, 226, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 63.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.65, -16.89, 67.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.65, 69.86, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(88.77% -0.0524 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(88.77% 0.162 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.3999, 71.3346, 18.5683)
Luminance	0.7133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E252 #5253E3

analogous

#E39952 #E3E252 #9BE352

triadic

#E3E252 #52E3E2 #E252E3

tetradic

#E3E252 #52E399 #5253E3 #E3529B

square

#E3E252 #52E399 #5253E3 #E3529B

split-complementary

#E3E252 #529BE3 #9952E3

monochromatic

#A1A01A #D5D423 #E3E252 #ECEB87 #F4F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E3E252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E3E252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E252

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E252	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 226, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.162 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea8a',
    500: '#e3e252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e252;
$custom-light: #efea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.586,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88769,
    "c": 0.16181,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E252

secondary

#3637A3

accent

#13D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E252

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

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