#E3E856#E3E856

#E3E856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.165 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E856
RGB	rgb(227, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.26, -19.57, 67.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.26, 70.66, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.0596 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.165 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.2167, 74.7175, 19.9468)
Luminance	0.7472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E856 #5B56E8

analogous

#E8A456 #E3E856 #9AE856

triadic

#E3E856 #56E3E8 #E856E3

tetradic

#E3E856 #56E8A4 #5B56E8 #E8569A

square

#E3E856 #56E8A4 #5B56E8 #E8569A

split-complementary

#E3E856 #569AE8 #A456E8

monochromatic

#A7AC17 #DAE120 #E3E856 #ECEF8C #F5F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E3E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#E3E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E856

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E856	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)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.165 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef8c',
    500: '#e3e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e856;
$custom-light: #efef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.055,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90067,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E856

secondary

#3935AD

accent

#0DD814

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E856

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

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