#E3E455#E3E455

#E3E455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.162 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E455
RGB	rgb(227, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -17.69, 67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 69.47, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(89.22% -0.0544 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(89.22% 0.162 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.0636, 72.4752, 19.3650)
Luminance	0.7247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E455 #5655E4

analogous

#E49E55 #E3E455 #9CE455

triadic

#E3E455 #55E3E4 #E455E3

tetradic

#E3E455 #55E49E #5655E4 #E4559C

square

#E3E455 #55E49E #5655E4 #E4559C

split-complementary

#E3E455 #559CE4 #9E55E4

monochromatic

#A4A41A #D8D923 #E3E455 #ECEC8A #F4F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E3E455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E3E455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E455

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E455	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.162 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec8b',
    500: '#e3e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e455;
$custom-light: #efec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.42,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89215,
    "c": 0.16164,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E455

secondary

#3736A7

accent

#11D512

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E455

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

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