#E3E44E#E3E44E

#E3E44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.167 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E44E
RGB	rgb(227, 228, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, -18.09, 69.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 72.16, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0562 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.167 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.7991, 72.3695, 17.9722)
Luminance	0.7237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E44E #4F4EE4

analogous

#E49A4E #E3E44E #98E44E

triadic

#E3E44E #4EE3E4 #E44EE3

tetradic

#E3E44E #4EE49A #4F4EE4 #E44E98

square

#E3E44E #4EE49A #4F4EE4 #E44E98

split-complementary

#E3E44E #4E98E4 #9A4EE4

monochromatic

#9E9F18 #D3D420 #E3E44E #EBEC83 #F4F4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E3E44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#E3E44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E44E

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E44E	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)

#F6DB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 228, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.167 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec87',
    500: '#e3e44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e44e;
$custom-light: #efec87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.4,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89158,
    "c": 0.16658,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E44E

secondary

#3534A2

accent

#38F039

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E44E

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

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