#E3E459#E3E459

#E3E459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.159 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E459
RGB	rgb(227, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -17.44, 65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 67.87, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.25% -0.0533 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(89.25% 0.159 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.2270, 72.5406, 20.2257)
Luminance	0.7254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E459 #5A59E4

analogous

#E4A059 #E3E459 #9DE459

triadic

#E3E459 #59E3E4 #E459E3

tetradic

#E3E459 #59E4A0 #5A59E4 #E4599D

square

#E3E459 #59E4A0 #5A59E4 #E4599D

split-complementary

#E3E459 #599DE4 #A059E4

monochromatic

#A6A71B #DADB24 #E3E459 #ECED8E #F5F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E3E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#E3E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E459

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E459	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.159 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec8e',
    500: '#e3e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e459;
$custom-light: #efec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8925,
    "c": 0.15864,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E459

secondary

#3938A9

accent

#11D413

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E459

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

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