#E3E361#E3E361

#E3E361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.151 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E361
RGB	rgb(227, 227, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -16.41, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 64.14, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0495 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.151 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.3071, 72.1338, 22.0007)
Luminance	0.7213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E361 #6161E3

analogous

#E3A261 #E3E361 #A2E361

triadic

#E3E361 #61E3E3 #E361E3

tetradic

#E3E361 #61E3A2 #6161E3 #E361A2

square

#E3E361 #61E3A2 #6161E3 #E361A2

split-complementary

#E3E361 #61A2E3 #A261E3

monochromatic

#ABAB1E #DADA2D #E3E361 #ECEC95 #F5F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E3E361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E3E361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E361

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E361	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 227, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.151 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeb92',
    500: '#e3e361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e361;
$custom-light: #eeeb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89116,
    "c": 0.15121,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E361

secondary

#3B3BAD

accent

#14D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E361

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

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