#E3E659#E3E659

#E3E659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.161 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E659
RGB	rgb(227, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.76, -18.41, 66.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.76, 68.67, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.056 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.161 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.7804, 73.6474, 20.4102)
Luminance	0.7365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E659 #5C59E6

analogous

#E6A359 #E3E659 #9CE659

triadic

#E3E659 #59E3E6 #E659E3

tetradic

#E3E659 #59E6A3 #5C59E6 #E6599C

square

#E3E659 #59E6A3 #5C59E6 #E6599C

split-complementary

#E3E659 #599CE6 #A359E6

monochromatic

#A8AB1A #DADE24 #E3E659 #ECEE8E #F5F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E3E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E3E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E659

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E659	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.161 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed8e',
    500: '#e3e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e659;
$custom-light: #efed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89671,
    "c": 0.1607,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E659

secondary

#3937AC

accent

#10D614

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E659

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

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