#E3E955#E3E955

#E3E955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.167 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E955
RGB	rgb(227, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.52, -20.12, 68.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.52, 71.45, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% -0.0612 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.167 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.4590, 75.2661, 19.8302)
Luminance	0.7527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E955 #5B55E9

analogous

#E9A555 #E3E955 #99E955

triadic

#E3E955 #55E3E9 #E955E3

tetradic

#E3E955 #55E9A5 #5B55E9 #E95599

square

#E3E955 #55E9A5 #5B55E9 #E95599

split-complementary

#E3E955 #5599E9 #A555E9

monochromatic

#A7AD16 #DAE21F #E3E955 #ECF08B #F5F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E3E955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#E3E955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E955

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E955	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)

#FADF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.167 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef8c',
    500: '#e3e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e955;
$custom-light: #efef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.432,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9027,
    "c": 0.16678,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E955

secondary

#3934AE

accent

#0CD915

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E955

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

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