#E3E45E#E3E45E

#E3E45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.155 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E45E
RGB	rgb(227, 228, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -17.11, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 65.81, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0518 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.155 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4441, 72.6275, 21.3693)
Luminance	0.7263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E45E #5F5EE4

analogous

#E4A25E #E3E45E #A0E45E

triadic

#E3E45E #5EE3E4 #E45EE3

tetradic

#E3E45E #5EE4A2 #5F5EE4 #E45EA0

square

#E3E45E #5EE4A2 #5F5EE4 #E45EA0

split-complementary

#E3E45E #5EA0E4 #A25EE4

monochromatic

#AAAB1D #DADB2A #E3E45E #ECED92 #F5F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E3E45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E3E45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E45E

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E45E	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 228, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.155 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec91',
    500: '#e3e45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e45e;
$custom-light: #efec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.448,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89297,
    "c": 0.1547,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E45E

secondary

#3B3AAD

accent

#12D314

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E45E

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

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