#E3E655#E3E655

#E3E655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.164 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E655
RGB	rgb(227, 230, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -18.66, 67.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 70.25, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0571 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.164 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.6169, 73.5820, 19.5495)
Luminance	0.7358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E655 #5855E6

analogous

#E6A055 #E3E655 #9BE655

triadic

#E3E655 #55E3E6 #E655E3

tetradic

#E3E655 #55E6A0 #5855E6 #E6559B

square

#E3E655 #55E6A0 #5855E6 #E6559B

split-complementary

#E3E655 #559BE6 #A055E6

monochromatic

#A5A819 #D9DD21 #E3E655 #ECEE8A #F5F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E3E655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E3E655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E655

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E655	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 230, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.164 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed8c',
    500: '#e3e655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e655;
$custom-light: #efed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.241,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89637,
    "c": 0.16368,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E655

secondary

#3836AA

accent

#0FD613

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E655

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

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