#E3E656#E3E656

#E3E656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.163 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E656
RGB	rgb(227, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -18.60, 67.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 69.86, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.65% -0.0568 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(89.65% 0.163 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.6569, 73.5980, 19.7602)
Luminance	0.7360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E656 #5956E6

analogous

#E6A156 #E3E656 #9BE656

triadic

#E3E656 #56E3E6 #E656E3

tetradic

#E3E656 #56E6A1 #5956E6 #E6569B

square

#E3E656 #56E6A1 #5956E6 #E6569B

split-complementary

#E3E656 #569BE6 #A156E6

monochromatic

#A6A919 #DADE21 #E3E656 #ECEE8B #F5F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E3E656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E3E656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E656

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E656	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)

#F7DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.163 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed8c',
    500: '#e3e656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e656;
$custom-light: #efed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89645,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E656

secondary

#3836AA

accent

#0FD613

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E656

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

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