#E3E550#E3E550

#E3E550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.166 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E550
RGB	rgb(227, 229, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -18.47, 69.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 71.79, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0571 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.166 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.1478, 72.9504, 18.4476)
Luminance	0.7295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E550 #5250E5

analogous

#E59C50 #E3E550 #99E550

triadic

#E3E550 #50E3E5 #E550E3

tetradic

#E3E550 #50E59C #5250E5 #E55099

square

#E3E550 #50E59C #5250E5 #E55099

split-complementary

#E3E550 #5099E5 #9C50E5

monochromatic

#A1A218 #D5D820 #E3E550 #ECED85 #F4F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E3E550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E3E550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E550

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E550	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 229, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.166 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed89',
    500: '#e3e550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e550;
$custom-light: #efed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.805,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89385,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E550

secondary

#3634A5

accent

#0FD612

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E550

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

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