#E3E359#E3E359

#E3E359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.158 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E359
RGB	rgb(227, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -16.95, 65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 67.47, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.0519 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.158 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.9527, 71.9920, 20.1343)
Luminance	0.7199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E359 #5959E3

analogous

#E39E59 #E3E359 #9EE359

triadic

#E3E359 #59E3E3 #E359E3

tetradic

#E3E359 #59E39E #5959E3 #E3599E

square

#E3E359 #59E39E #5959E3 #E3599E

split-complementary

#E3E359 #599EE3 #9E59E3

monochromatic

#A6A61C #DADA25 #E3E359 #ECEC8D #F5F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E3E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E3E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E359

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E359	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.158 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb8e',
    500: '#e3e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e359;
$custom-light: #efeb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8904,
    "c": 0.15762,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E359

secondary

#3838A8

accent

#12D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E359

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

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