#E3ED55#E3ED55

#E3ED55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.171 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3ED55
RGB	rgb(227, 237, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.58, -22.04, 69.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.58, 73.07, 107.56°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0666 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.171 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.6042, 77.5565, 20.2119)
Luminance	0.7755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3ED55 #5F55ED

analogous

#EDAB55 #E3ED55 #97ED55

triadic

#E3ED55 #55E3ED #ED55E3

tetradic

#E3ED55 #55EDAB #5F55ED #ED5597

square

#E3ED55 #55EDAB #5F55ED #ED5597

split-complementary

#E3ED55 #5597ED #AB55ED

monochromatic

#AAB413 #DAE71E #E3ED55 #ECF38C #F5F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E3ED55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#E3ED55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3ED55

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3ED55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3ED55	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ed55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 237, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.171 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff28c',
    500: '#e3ed55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ed55;
$custom-light: #eff28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ed55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.947,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91118,
    "c": 0.17099,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3ED55

secondary

#3B32B4

accent

#08DD16

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3ED55

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

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