#E3ED59#E3ED59

#E3ED59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.168 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3ED59
RGB	rgb(227, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.61, -21.80, 68.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.61, 71.52, 107.75°)
OKLab	oklab(91.15% -0.0655 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(91.15% 0.168 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.7676, 77.6218, 21.0726)
Luminance	0.7762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3ED59 #6359ED

analogous

#EDAD59 #E3ED59 #99ED59

triadic

#E3ED59 #59E3ED #ED59E3

tetradic

#E3ED59 #59EDAD #6359ED #ED5999

square

#E3ED59 #59EDAD #6359ED #ED5999

split-complementary

#E3ED59 #5999ED #AD59ED

monochromatic

#ADB814 #DAE722 #E3ED59 #ECF390 #F6F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E3ED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#E3ED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3ED59

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3ED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3ED59	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ed59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.168 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff28e',
    500: '#e3ed59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ed59;
$custom-light: #eff28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ed59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.054,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91151,
    "c": 0.16808,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3ED59

secondary

#3C33B7

accent

#09DD17

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3ED59

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

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