#E3E953#E3E953

#E3E953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.168 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E3E953
RGBrgb(227, 233, 83)
HSLhsl(62, 77%, 62%)
HSVhsv(62, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(2.6%, 0%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.50, -20.24, 69.33)
CIE-LCHlch(89.50, 72.22, 106.27°)
OKLaboklab(90.25% -0.0617 0.1565)
OKLCHoklch(90.25% 0.168 111.5)
XYZxyz(62.3806, 75.2347, 19.4176)
Luminance0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E3E953 #5953E9
analogous
#E9A453 #E3E953 #98E953
triadic
#E3E953 #53E3E9 #E953E3
tetradic
#E3E953 #53E9A4 #5953E9 #E95398
square
#E3E953 #53E9A4 #5953E9 #E95398
split-complementary
#E3E953 #5398E9 #A453E9
monochromatic
#A6AC16 #DAE21D #E3E953 #ECF089 #F5F7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31
#E3E953 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05
#E3E953 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E953
16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E3E953#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E3E9531.001.3116.0516.05
#FFFFFF1.311.0021.0021.00
#00000016.0521.001.001.00
##00000016.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FADF3E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FBE35D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2DBCA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e3e953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 233, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.168 111.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef8b',
    500: '#e3e953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e3e953;
$custom-light: #efef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e3e953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90254,
    "c": 0.16821,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E3E953
secondary
#3833AD
accent
#0CDA14
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF4
border
#D6D6CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85857F

Preview Lab

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#E3E953 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva