#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
RGB	rgb(227, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.49, -17.93, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.49, 68.27, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0546 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.16 110)
XYZ	xyz(61.5029, 73.0924, 20.3177)
Luminance	0.7309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##E3E559	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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