#E3EC8A#E3EC8A

#E3EC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.122 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3EC8A
RGB	rgb(227, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(66, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.85, -17.22, 46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.85, 49.49, 110.36°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0479 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.122 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.2622, 78.1577, 35.6351)
Luminance	0.7816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3EC8A #938AEC

analogous

#ECC48A #E3EC8A #B2EC8A

triadic

#E3EC8A #8AE3EC #EC8AE3

tetradic

#E3EC8A #8AECC4 #938AEC #EC8AB2

square

#E3EC8A #8AECC4 #938AEC #EC8AB2

split-complementary

#E3EC8A #8AB2EC #C48AEC

monochromatic

#C8D823 #D6E355 #E3EC8A #F0F5BF #F9FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E3EC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#E3EC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3EC8A

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3EC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3EC8A	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEE2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.122 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf2ad',
    500: '#e3ec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ec8a;
$custom-light: #edf2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.51,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91511,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3EC8A

secondary

#5E54C7

accent

#11D423

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3EC8A

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

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