#E3E451#E3E451

#E3E451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.165 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E3E451
RGBrgb(227, 228, 81)
HSLhsl(60, 73%, 61%)
HSVhsv(60, 64%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0.4%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.17, -17.92, 68.72)
CIE-LCHlch(88.17, 71.02, 104.62°)
OKLaboklab(89.18% -0.0554 0.1549)
OKLCHoklch(89.18% 0.165 109.7)
XYZxyz(60.9091, 72.4135, 18.5517)
Luminance0.7241 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E3E451 #5251E4
analogous
#E49B51 #E3E451 #99E451
triadic
#E3E451 #51E3E4 #E451E3
tetradic
#E3E451 #51E49B #5251E4 #E45199
square
#E3E451 #51E49B #5251E4 #E45199
split-complementary
#E3E451 #5199E4 #9B51E4
monochromatic
#A1A219 #D5D721 #E3E451 #ECEC86 #F4F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36
#E3E451 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48
#E3E451 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E451
15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E3E451#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E3E4511.001.3615.4815.48
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4821.001.001.00
##00000015.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DB3D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F7DF5B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2D6C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e3e451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.165 109.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec89',
    500: '#e3e451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e3e451;
$custom-light: #efec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e3e451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.408,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89182,
    "c": 0.16451,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E3E451
secondary
#3635A4
accent
#10D512
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E451

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#E3E451 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva