#E3E55B#E3E55B

#E3E55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.158 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E55B
RGB	rgb(227, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.51, -17.80, 65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.51, 67.45, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0541 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.158 110)
XYZ	xyz(61.5880, 73.1264, 20.7660)
Luminance	0.7312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E55B #5D5BE5

analogous

#E5A25B #E3E55B #9EE55B

triadic

#E3E55B #5BE3E5 #E55BE3

tetradic

#E3E55B #5BE5A2 #5D5BE5 #E55B9E

square

#E3E55B #5BE5A2 #5D5BE5 #E55B9E

split-complementary

#E3E55B #5B9EE5 #A25BE5

monochromatic

#A8AB1B #DADD26 #E3E55B #ECED90 #F5F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E3E55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E3E55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E55B

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E55B	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.158 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed8f',
    500: '#e3e55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e55b;
$custom-light: #efed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89479,
    "c": 0.15812,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.73125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E55B

secondary

#3A38AC

accent

#11D514

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E55B

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

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