#E3E857#E3E857

#E3E857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.164 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E857
RGB	rgb(227, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -19.51, 67.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 70.27, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0593 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.164 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.2573, 74.7337, 20.1605)
Luminance	0.7473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E857 #5C57E8

analogous

#E8A557 #E3E857 #9AE857

triadic

#E3E857 #57E3E8 #E857E3

tetradic

#E3E857 #57E8A5 #5C57E8 #E8579A

square

#E3E857 #57E8A5 #5C57E8 #E8579A

split-complementary

#E3E857 #579AE8 #A557E8

monochromatic

#A8AD18 #DAE121 #E3E857 #ECEF8D #F5F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E3E857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#E3E857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E857

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E857	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.164 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef8d',
    500: '#e3e857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e857;
$custom-light: #efef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90076,
    "c": 0.16428,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E857

secondary

#3935AE

accent

#0DD814

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E857

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

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