#E3E355#E3E355

#E3E355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.161 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E355
RGB	rgb(227, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -17.20, 66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 69.07, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.01% -0.053 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(89.01% 0.161 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.7893, 71.9266, 19.2736)
Luminance	0.7192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E355 #5555E3

analogous

#E39C55 #E3E355 #9CE355

triadic

#E3E355 #55E3E3 #E355E3

tetradic

#E3E355 #55E39C #5555E3 #E3559C

square

#E3E355 #55E39C #5555E3 #E3559C

split-complementary

#E3E355 #559CE3 #9C55E3

monochromatic

#A3A31B #D7D723 #E3E355 #ECEC8A #F4F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E3E355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E3E355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E355

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E355	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.161 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb8b',
    500: '#e3e355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e355;
$custom-light: #efeb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89005,
    "c": 0.16063,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E355

secondary

#3737A5

accent

#12D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E355

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

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