#E3E44B#E3E44B

#E3E44B 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 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E44B
RGB	rgb(227, 228, 75)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 67.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.13, -18.25, 70.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.13, 73.27, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.057 0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.169 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6940, 72.3274, 17.4187)
Luminance	0.7233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E44B #4C4BE4

analogous

#E4994B #E3E44B #97E44B

triadic

#E3E44B #4BE3E4 #E44BE3

tetradic

#E3E44B #4BE499 #4C4BE4 #E44B97

square

#E3E44B #4BE499 #4C4BE4 #E44B97

split-complementary

#E3E44B #4B97E4 #994BE4

monochromatic

#9C9D18 #D1D220 #E3E44B #EBEC80 #F4F4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E3E44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#E3E44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E44B

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E44B	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 228, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.169 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec86',
    500: '#e3e44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e44b;
$custom-light: #efec86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.392,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89136,
    "c": 0.16858,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E44B

secondary

#3433A0

accent

#37F138

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E44B

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

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