#E3E44A#E3E44A

#E3E44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.169 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E44A
RGB	rgb(227, 228, 74)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 67.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.12, -18.31, 71.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.12, 73.63, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0572 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.169 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6600, 72.3138, 17.2398)
Luminance	0.7231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E44A #4B4AE4

analogous

#E4984A #E3E44A #96E44A

triadic

#E3E44A #4AE3E4 #E44AE3

tetradic

#E3E44A #4AE498 #4B4AE4 #E44A96

square

#E3E44A #4AE498 #4B4AE4 #E44A96

split-complementary

#E3E44A #4A96E4 #984AE4

monochromatic

#9B9C17 #D0D21F #E3E44A #EBEC7F #F3F4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E3E44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#E3E44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E44A

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E44A	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 228, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.169 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec85',
    500: '#e3e44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e44a;
$custom-light: #efec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.39,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89129,
    "c": 0.16923,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E44A

secondary

#3333A0

accent

#37F138

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E44A

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

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