#E3E565#E3E565

#E3E565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.150 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E565
RGB	rgb(227, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -17.10, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 63.25, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.051 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.15 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.0485, 73.3106, 23.1912)
Luminance	0.7331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E565 #6765E5

analogous

#E5A765 #E3E565 #A3E565

triadic

#E3E565 #65E3E5 #E565E3

tetradic

#E3E565 #65E5A7 #6765E5 #E565A3

square

#E3E565 #65E5A7 #6765E5 #E565A3

split-complementary

#E3E565 #65A3E5 #A765E5

monochromatic

#AFB21E #D9DC31 #E3E565 #EDEE99 #F6F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E3E565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E3E565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E565

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E565	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.150 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeed95',
    500: '#e3e565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e565;
$custom-light: #eeed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.938,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89577,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E565

secondary

#3E3CB2

accent

#12D315

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E565

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

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