#E3E853#E3E853

#E3E853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.167 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E853
RGB	rgb(227, 232, 83)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.24, -19.75, 69.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.24, 71.82, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.0604 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.167 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.0984, 74.6702, 19.3235)
Luminance	0.7467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E853 #5853E8

analogous

#E8A253 #E3E853 #99E853

triadic

#E3E853 #53E3E8 #E853E3

tetradic

#E3E853 #53E8A2 #5853E8 #E85399

square

#E3E853 #53E8A2 #5853E8 #E85399

split-complementary

#E3E853 #5399E8 #A253E8

monochromatic

#A5AA17 #D9E01E #E3E853 #ECEF89 #F5F6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E3E853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#E3E853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E853

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E853	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 232, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.167 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef8b',
    500: '#e3e853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e853;
$custom-light: #efef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.013,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90042,
    "c": 0.16718,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E853

secondary

#3834AB

accent

#0DD914

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E853

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

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