#E3EE55#E3EE55

#E3EE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.172 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3EE55
RGB	rgb(227, 238, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.84, -22.52, 69.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.84, 73.48, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.33% -0.068 0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(91.33% 0.172 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.8945, 78.1371, 20.3087)
Luminance	0.7814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3EE55 #6055EE

analogous

#EEAC55 #E3EE55 #96EE55

triadic

#E3EE55 #55E3EE #EE55E3

tetradic

#E3EE55 #55EEAC #6055EE #EE5596

square

#E3EE55 #55EEAC #6055EE #EE5596

split-complementary

#E3EE55 #5596EE #AC55EE

monochromatic

#ABB612 #DAE81D #E3EE55 #ECF48D #F5F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E3EE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#E3EE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3EE55

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3EE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3EE55	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)

#FFE340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3ee55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 238, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.172 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff38c',
    500: '#e3ee55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3ee55;
$custom-light: #eff38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3ee55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.314,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9133,
    "c": 0.17205,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3EE55

secondary

#3B31B6

accent

#07DE17

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3EE55

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

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