#E3E556#E3E556

#E3E556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.162 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E556
RGB	rgb(227, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.47, -18.11, 67.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.47, 69.46, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0555 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.162 110)
XYZ	xyz(61.3795, 73.0430, 19.6677)
Luminance	0.7304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E556 #5856E5

analogous

#E5A056 #E3E556 #9CE556

triadic

#E3E556 #56E3E5 #E556E3

tetradic

#E3E556 #56E5A0 #5856E5 #E5569C

square

#E3E556 #56E5A0 #5856E5 #E5569C

split-complementary

#E3E556 #569CE5 #A056E5

monochromatic

#A5A71A #D9DC22 #E3E556 #ECED8B #F5F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E3E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#E3E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E556

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E556	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.162 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed8c',
    500: '#e3e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e556;
$custom-light: #efed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.839,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89434,
    "c": 0.16192,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.73041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E556

secondary

#3836A9

accent

#10D513

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E556

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

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