#E3E755#E3E755

#E3E755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.165 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E755
RGB	rgb(227, 231, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.99, -19.15, 68.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.99, 70.65, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0585 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.165 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.8960, 74.1402, 19.6425)
Luminance	0.7414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E755 #5955E7

analogous

#E7A255 #E3E755 #9AE755

triadic

#E3E755 #55E3E7 #E755E3

tetradic

#E3E755 #55E7A2 #5955E7 #E7559A

square

#E3E755 #55E7A2 #5955E7 #E7559A

split-complementary

#E3E755 #559AE7 #A255E7

monochromatic

#A6AA18 #DADF20 #E3E755 #ECEF8B #F5F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E3E755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#E3E755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E755

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E755	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 231, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.165 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efee8c',
    500: '#e3e755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e755;
$custom-light: #efee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.644,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89848,
    "c": 0.16471,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E755

secondary

#3835AB

accent

#0ED714

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E755

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

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