#E3E942#E3E942

#E3E942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.179 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E942
RGB	rgb(227, 233, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.39, -21.12, 75.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.39, 78.26, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.13% -0.0658 0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(90.13% 0.179 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.8029, 75.0036, 16.3747)
Luminance	0.7500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E942 #4842E9

analogous

#E99B42 #E3E942 #8FE942

triadic

#E3E942 #42E3E9 #E942E3

tetradic

#E3E942 #42E99B #4842E9 #E9428F

square

#E3E942 #42E99B #4842E9 #E9428F

split-complementary

#E3E942 #428FE9 #9B42E9

monochromatic

#999E12 #CED519 #E3E942 #EBEF79 #F3F6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E3E942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#E3E942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E942

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E942	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBDE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 233, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.179 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef82',
    500: '#e3e942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e942;
$custom-light: #f0ef82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.156,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90133,
    "c": 0.17899,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E942

secondary

#322EA1

accent

#32F639

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E942

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

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