#E3E45A#E3E45A

#E3E45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.158 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E45A
RGB	rgb(227, 228, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.24, -17.37, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.24, 67.46, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.053 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.158 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.2693, 72.5575, 20.4484)
Luminance	0.7256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E45A #5B5AE4

analogous

#E4A05A #E3E45A #9EE45A

triadic

#E3E45A #5AE3E4 #E45AE3

tetradic

#E3E45A #5AE4A0 #5B5AE4 #E45A9E

square

#E3E45A #5AE4A0 #5B5AE4 #E45A9E

split-complementary

#E3E45A #5A9EE4 #A05AE4

monochromatic

#A7A81C #DADB25 #E3E45A #ECED8F #F5F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E3E45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#E3E45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E45A

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E45A	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)

#F5DB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 228, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.158 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec8e',
    500: '#e3e45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e45a;
$custom-light: #efec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89259,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E45A

secondary

#3938AA

accent

#12D413

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E45A

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

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