#E3E356#E3E356

#E3E356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.160 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E356
RGB	rgb(227, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -17.14, 66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 68.68, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.01% -0.0527 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(89.01% 0.16 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.8293, 71.9426, 19.4843)
Luminance	0.7194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E356 #5656E3

analogous

#E39D56 #E3E356 #9DE356

triadic

#E3E356 #56E3E3 #E356E3

tetradic

#E3E356 #56E39D #5656E3 #E3569D

square

#E3E356 #56E39D #5656E3 #E3569D

split-complementary

#E3E356 #569DE3 #9D56E3

monochromatic

#A4A41B #D8D824 #E3E356 #ECEC8B #F4F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E3E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E3E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E356

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E356	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)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.160 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb8c',
    500: '#e3e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e356;
$custom-light: #efeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89013,
    "c": 0.15989,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E356

secondary

#3737A6

accent

#12D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E356

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

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