#E3E581#E3E581

#E3E581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.123 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E581
RGB	rgb(227, 229, 129)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -14.69, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 50.51, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0415 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.123 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.6614, 73.9558, 31.6859)
Luminance	0.7395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E581 #8381E5

analogous

#E5B581 #E3E581 #B1E581

triadic

#E3E581 #81E3E5 #E581E3

tetradic

#E3E581 #81E5B5 #8381E5 #E581B1

square

#E3E581 #81E5B5 #8381E5 #E581B1

split-complementary

#E3E581 #81B1E5 #B581E5

monochromatic

#C0C328 #D8DB4E #E3E581 #EEEFB4 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E3E581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E3E581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E581

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E581	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 229, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.123 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededa7',
    500: '#e3e581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e581;
$custom-light: #ededa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8992,
    "c": 0.1233,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E581

secondary

#4F4DBD

accent

#18CE1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E581

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

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