#E3E855#E3E855

#E3E855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.166 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E855
RGB	rgb(227, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -19.63, 68.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 71.05, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.06% -0.0598 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(90.06% 0.166 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.1767, 74.7015, 19.7361)
Luminance	0.7470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E855 #5A55E8

analogous

#E8A455 #E3E855 #99E855

triadic

#E3E855 #55E3E8 #E855E3

tetradic

#E3E855 #55E8A4 #5A55E8 #E85599

square

#E3E855 #55E8A4 #5A55E8 #E85599

split-complementary

#E3E855 #5599E8 #A455E8

monochromatic

#A6AB17 #DAE11F #E3E855 #ECEF8B #F5F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E3E855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#E3E855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E855

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E855	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.166 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef8c',
    500: '#e3e855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e855;
$custom-light: #efef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.041,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90059,
    "c": 0.16574,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E855

secondary

#3935AD

accent

#0DD814

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E855

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

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