HEX atlas value

#E3E31C

#E3E31C is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Dandelion. RGB 227, 227, 28, HSL 60° 78% 50%, luminance 0.7135; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm vibrant

#E3E31C Sample readable text

HEX #E3E31C

RGB rgb(227, 227, 28)

HSL hsl(60 78% 50%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 88, 11)

Luminance 0.7135

Contrast Black 15.27:1White 1.38:1

CSS

--color-e3e31c: #E3E31C;
.background-e3e31c { background-color: #E3E31C; }
.text-e3e31c { color: #E3E31C; }

HEX meaning and use

About #E3E31C

#E3E31C is classified as a warm yellow value with vibrant visual character. #E3E31C is visually closest to Dandelion, a named yellow color with HEX #F0E130.

The RGB channels are 227, 227, and 28, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 60deg with 78% saturation and 50% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.7135, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 23.94, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.27:1AA Pass

White text1.38:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E3E31C needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000015.27:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.38:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

Yellow#FFFF00 · #000000 text · best 19.56:1 Neon Yellow#FFF01F · #000000 text · best 17.74:1 #EDED6E#EDED6E · #000000 text · best 16.94:1 Dandelion#F0E130 · #000000 text · best 15.52:1 Pear#D1E231 · #000000 text · best 14.63:1

Generated Palette

#E3E31C#E3E31C

#1C1CE3#1C1CE3

#E37F1C#E37F1C

#80E31C#80E31C

#EDED6E#EDED6E

#919112#919112

Color Harmonies

#1C1CE3#1C1CE3

#E37F1C#E37F1C

#80E31C#80E31C

#1CE3E3#1CE3E3

#E31CE3#E31CE3

Variants

#EDED6E#EDED6E

#919112#919112

Yellow#FFFF00

#C7C738#C7C738

#E7E797#E7E797

#FFFF29#FFFF29

Nearest Named Colors

Dandelion#F0E130

Citrine#E4D00A

Pear#D1E231

Neon Yellow#FFF01F

Safety Yellow#EED202

Luminance0.7135

Black text15.27:1AA Pass

White text1.38:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#E3E31C","rgb":[227,227,28],"hsl":[60,78,50],"cmyk":[0,0,88,11],"luminance":0.7135,"contrast":{"black":15.27,"white":1.38}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.27,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.38,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Yellow","hex":"#FFFF00","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.56,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Neon Yellow","hex":"#FFF01F","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.74,"contrastWhite":1.18,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EDED6E","hex":"#EDED6E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.94,"contrastWhite":1.24,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Dandelion","hex":"#F0E130","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.52,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pear","hex":"#D1E231","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.63,"contrastWhite":1.44,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","vibrant","vibrant yellow","Dandelion adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e3e31c.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dandelion.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/citrine.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pear.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#1C1CE3","analogous":["#E37F1C","#80E31C"],"triadic":["#1CE3E3","#E31CE3"],"tetradic":["#1CE380","#1C1CE3","#E31C80"],"splitComplementary":["#1C7FE3","#7F1CE3"],"monochromatic":["#EDED6E","#E3E31C","#919112"]}

Variants

{"light":"#EDED6E","dark":"#919112","saturated":"#FFFF00","desaturated":"#C7C738","pastel":"#E7E797","neon":"#FFFF29"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dandelion","name":"Dandelion","hex":"#F0E130","distance":23.93741840717165},{"slug":"citrine","name":"Citrine","hex":"#E4D00A","distance":26.19160170741759},{"slug":"pear","name":"Pear","hex":"#D1E231","distance":27.676705006196094},{"slug":"neon-yellow","name":"Neon Yellow","hex":"#FFF01F","distance":31.016124838541646},{"slug":"safety-yellow","name":"Safety Yellow","hex":"#EED202","distance":32.95451410656816}]

#E3E31C

CSS

About #E3E31C

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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