#E3E461#E3E461

#E3E461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.152 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E461
RGB	rgb(227, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.30, -16.90, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.30, 64.55, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0509 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.152 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.5814, 72.6824, 22.0921)
Luminance	0.7268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E461 #6261E4

analogous

#E4A361 #E3E461 #A1E461

triadic

#E3E461 #61E3E4 #E461E3

tetradic

#E3E461 #61E4A3 #6261E4 #E461A1

square

#E3E461 #61E4A3 #6261E4 #E461A1

split-complementary

#E3E461 #61A1E4 #A361E4

monochromatic

#ACAD1E #DADB2D #E3E461 #ECED95 #F6F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E3E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E3E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E461

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E461	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.152 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeec93',
    500: '#e3e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e461;
$custom-light: #eeec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89326,
    "c": 0.15225,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E461

secondary

#3C3BAE

accent

#13D314

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E461

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

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