#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
RGB	rgb(227, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.17, -17.92, 68.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.17, 71.02, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0554 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.165 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.9091, 72.4135, 18.5517)
Luminance	0.7241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E3E451	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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