#E3E55A#E3E55A

#E3E55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.159 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E55A
RGB	rgb(227, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.50, -17.86, 65.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.50, 67.86, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.47% -0.0543 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(89.47% 0.159 110)
XYZ	xyz(61.5451, 73.1093, 20.5404)
Luminance	0.7311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E55A #5C5AE5

analogous

#E5A15A #E3E55A #9EE55A

triadic

#E3E55A #5AE3E5 #E55AE3

tetradic

#E3E55A #5AE5A1 #5C5AE5 #E55A9E

square

#E3E55A #5AE5A1 #5C5AE5 #E55A9E

split-complementary

#E3E55A #5A9EE5 #A15AE5

monochromatic

#A8AA1B #DADD25 #E3E55A #ECED8F #F5F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E3E55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#E3E55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E55A

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E55A	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)

#F6DC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.159 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed8e',
    500: '#e3e55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e55a;
$custom-light: #efed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.863,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8947,
    "c": 0.15889,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.73108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E55A

secondary

#3938AB

accent

#11D513

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E55A

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

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