#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
RGB	rgb(227, 233, 83)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -20.24, 69.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 72.22, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0617 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.168 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.3806, 75.2347, 19.4176)
Luminance	0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##E3E953	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E3E953

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

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