#E3E749#E3E749

#E3E749 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.173 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E749
RGB	rgb(227, 231, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.91, -19.81, 72.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.91, 75.12, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.76% -0.0615 0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(89.76% 0.173 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.4591, 73.9654, 17.3413)
Luminance	0.7396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E749 #4D49E7

analogous

#E79C49 #E3E749 #94E749

triadic

#E3E749 #49E3E7 #E749E3

tetradic

#E3E749 #49E79C #4D49E7 #E74994

square

#E3E749 #49E79C #4D49E7 #E74994

split-complementary

#E3E749 #4994E7 #9C49E7

monochromatic

#9DA015 #D2D71C #E3E749 #EBEE7F #F4F5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E3E749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E3E749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E749

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E749	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 231, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.173 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efee85',
    500: '#e3e749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e749;
$custom-light: #efee85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.519,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89755,
    "c": 0.17284,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E749

secondary

#3431A3

accent

#35F339

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E749

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

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