#E3E559#E3E559

#E3E559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.160 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E3E559
RGBrgb(227, 229, 89)
HSLhsl(61, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(61, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(88.49, -17.93, 65.87)
CIE-LCHlch(88.49, 68.27, 105.22°)
OKLaboklab(89.46% -0.0546 0.15)
OKLCHoklch(89.46% 0.16 110)
XYZxyz(61.5029, 73.0924, 20.3177)
Luminance0.7309 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E3E559 #5B59E5
analogous
#E5A159 #E3E559 #9DE559
triadic
#E3E559 #59E3E5 #E559E3
tetradic
#E3E559 #59E5A1 #5B59E5 #E5599D
square
#E3E559 #59E5A1 #5B59E5 #E5599D
split-complementary
#E3E559 #599DE5 #A159E5
monochromatic
#A7A91A #DADD24 #E3E559 #ECED8E #F5F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34
#E3E559 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62
#E3E559 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E559
15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E3E559#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E3E5591.001.3415.6215.62
#FFFFFF1.341.0021.0021.00
#00000015.6221.001.001.00
##00000015.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DC48
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F7E062
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2D8C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e3e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.160 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed8e',
    500: '#e3e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e3e559;
$custom-light: #efed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e3e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89461,
    "c": 0.15967,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.73091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E3E559
secondary
#3937AB
accent
#10D513
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E559

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#E3E559 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva