#E3E465#E3E465

#E3E465 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.149 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E465
RGB	rgb(227, 228, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -16.61, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 62.84, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0497 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.149 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.7726, 72.7588, 23.0992)
Luminance	0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E465 #6665E4

analogous

#E4A565 #E3E465 #A4E465

triadic

#E3E465 #65E3E4 #E465E3

tetradic

#E3E465 #65E4A5 #6665E4 #E465A4

square

#E3E465 #65E4A5 #6665E4 #E465A4

split-complementary

#E3E465 #65A4E4 #A565E4

monochromatic

#AFB01F #DADB31 #E3E465 #ECED99 #F6F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E3E465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E3E465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E465

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E465	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 228, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.149 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeec95',
    500: '#e3e465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e465;
$custom-light: #eeec95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.472,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89367,
    "c": 0.14888,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E465

secondary

#3D3CB1

accent

#13D215

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E465

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

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