#E3E959#E3E959

#E3E959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.164 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E959
RGB	rgb(227, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.55, -19.87, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.55, 69.88, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0601 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.164 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.6224, 75.3314, 20.6909)
Luminance	0.7533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E959 #5F59E9

analogous

#E9A759 #E3E959 #9BE959

triadic

#E3E959 #59E3E9 #E959E3

tetradic

#E3E959 #59E9A7 #5F59E9 #E9599B

square

#E3E959 #59E9A7 #5F59E9 #E9599B

split-complementary

#E3E959 #599BE9 #A759E9

monochromatic

#AAB017 #DAE223 #E3E959 #ECF08F #F5F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E3E959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#E3E959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E959

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E959	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.164 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef8e',
    500: '#e3e959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e959;
$custom-light: #efef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90304,
    "c": 0.16384,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E959

secondary

#3B35B1

accent

#0DD915

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E959

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

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