#E3E552#E3E552

#E3E552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.165 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E552
RGB	rgb(227, 229, 82)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -18.35, 68.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 71.03, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0565 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.165 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.2228, 72.9804, 18.8426)
Luminance	0.7298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E552 #5452E5

analogous

#E59D52 #E3E552 #99E552

triadic

#E3E552 #52E3E5 #E552E3

tetradic

#E3E552 #52E59D #5452E5 #E55299

square

#E3E552 #52E59D #5452E5 #E55299

split-complementary

#E3E552 #5299E5 #9D52E5

monochromatic

#A2A419 #D7D921 #E3E552 #ECED87 #F4F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E3E552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E3E552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E552

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E552	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 229, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.165 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed8a',
    500: '#e3e552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e552;
$custom-light: #efed8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.816,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89401,
    "c": 0.16482,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E552

secondary

#3635A6

accent

#10D612

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E552

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

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