#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
RGBrgb(227, 228, 97)
HSLhsl(60, 71%, 64%)
HSVhsv(60, 57%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0.4%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.30, -16.90, 62.30)
CIE-LCHlch(88.30, 64.55, 105.18°)
OKLaboklab(89.33% -0.0509 0.1435)
OKLCHoklch(89.33% 0.152 109.5)
XYZxyz(61.5814, 72.6824, 22.0921)
Luminance0.7268 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##E3E4611.001.3515.5415.54
#FFFFFF1.351.0021.0021.00
#00000015.5421.001.001.00
##00000015.5421.001.001.00

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

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#E3E461 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva