#E3E338#E3E338

#E3E338 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.178 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E338
RGB	rgb(227, 227, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, -18.63, 76.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 79.21, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0597 0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.178 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.8637, 71.5564, 14.3990)
Luminance	0.7156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E338 #3838E3

analogous

#E38D38 #E3E338 #8DE338

triadic

#E3E338 #38E3E3 #E338E3

tetradic

#E3E338 #38E38D #3838E3 #E3388D

square

#E3E338 #38E38D #3838E3 #E3388D

split-complementary

#E3E338 #388DE3 #8D38E3

monochromatic

#8D8D14 #C2C21B #E3E338 #EBEB6E #F2F2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E3E338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E3E338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E338

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E338	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6D905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 227, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.178 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb7c',
    500: '#e3e338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e338;
$custom-light: #f0eb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88805,
    "c": 0.17848,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E338

secondary

#2D2D92

accent

#36F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E338

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

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