#E3EC5D#E3EC5D

#E3EC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.164 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3EC5D
RGB	rgb(227, 236, 93)
HSL	hsl(64, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.37, -21.06, 66.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.37, 69.52, 107.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90.98% -0.0631 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(90.98% 0.164 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.6514, 77.1134, 21.8851)
Luminance	0.7711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3EC5D #665DEC

analogous

#ECAD5D #E3EC5D #9CEC5D

triadic

#E3EC5D #5DE3EC #EC5DE3

tetradic

#E3EC5D #5DECAD #665DEC #EC5D9C

square

#E3EC5D #5DECAD #665DEC #EC5D9C

split-complementary

#E3EC5D #5D9CEC #AD5DEC

monochromatic

#AFB916 #DAE626 #E3EC5D #ECF294 #F6F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E3EC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#E3EC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3EC5D

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3EC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3EC5D	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ec5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 236, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.164 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff291',
    500: '#e3ec5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ec5d;
$custom-light: #eff291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ec5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.776,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90975,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3EC5D

secondary

#3D35B8

accent

#0ADB17

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3EC5D

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

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