#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
RGBrgb(227, 233, 89)
HSLhsl(63, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(63, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(2.6%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.55, -19.87, 67.00)
CIE-LCHlch(89.55, 69.88, 106.52°)
OKLaboklab(90.3% -0.0601 0.1524)
OKLCHoklch(90.3% 0.164 111.5)
XYZxyz(62.6224, 75.3314, 20.6909)
Luminance0.7533 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E3E9591.001.3116.0716.07
#FFFFFF1.311.0021.0021.00
#00000016.0721.001.001.00
##00000016.0721.001.001.00

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

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#E3E959 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva