#E3E440#E3E440

#E3E440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.175 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E440
RGB	rgb(227, 228, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 71.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -18.78, 74.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 77.07, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0595 0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.175 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.3495, 72.1896, 15.6045)
Luminance	0.7219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E440 #4140E4

analogous

#E49340 #E3E440 #91E440

triadic

#E3E440 #40E3E4 #E440E3

tetradic

#E3E440 #40E493 #4140E4 #E44091

square

#E3E440 #40E493 #4140E4 #E44091

split-complementary

#E3E440 #4091E4 #9340E4

monochromatic

#949515 #C9CA1D #E3E440 #EBEC76 #F3F3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E3E440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E3E440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E440

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E440	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8DF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 228, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.175 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec80',
    500: '#e3e440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e440;
$custom-light: #f0ec80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.366,
    "s": 75.229,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89062,
    "c": 0.17524,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E440

secondary

#302F99

accent

#36F237

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E440

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

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