#E3E759#E3E759

#E3E759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.162 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E759
RGB	rgb(227, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -18.90, 66.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 69.07, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0574 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.162 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.0594, 74.2055, 20.5032)
Luminance	0.7420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E759 #5D59E7

analogous

#E7A459 #E3E759 #9CE759

triadic

#E3E759 #59E3E7 #E759E3

tetradic

#E3E759 #59E7A4 #5D59E7 #E7599C

square

#E3E759 #59E7A4 #5D59E7 #E7599C

split-complementary

#E3E759 #599CE7 #A459E7

monochromatic

#A8AD19 #DADF24 #E3E759 #ECEF8E #F5F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E3E759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#E3E759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E759

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E759	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.162 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efee8e',
    500: '#e3e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e759;
$custom-light: #efee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.69,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89882,
    "c": 0.16174,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E759

secondary

#3A36AE

accent

#0FD714

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E759

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

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