#E3E850#E3E850

#E3E850 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.169 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E850
RGB	rgb(227, 232, 80)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.22, -19.92, 70.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.22, 72.96, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(90.02% -0.0612 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(90.02% 0.169 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.9850, 74.6248, 18.7267)
Luminance	0.7462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E850 #5550E8

analogous

#E8A150 #E3E850 #97E850

triadic

#E3E850 #50E3E8 #E850E3

tetradic

#E3E850 #50E8A1 #5550E8 #E85097

square

#E3E850 #50E8A1 #5550E8 #E85097

split-complementary

#E3E850 #5097E8 #A150E8

monochromatic

#A3A816 #D7DE1D #E3E850 #ECEF86 #F4F6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E3E850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#E3E850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E850

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E850	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 232, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.169 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef89',
    500: '#e3e850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e850;
$custom-light: #efef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.974,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90018,
    "c": 0.16926,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E850

secondary

#3733A9

accent

#0DD913

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E850

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

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