#E3E661#E3E661

#E3E661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.154 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E661
RGB	rgb(227, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -17.88, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 65.37, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0537 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.154 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.1347, 73.7891, 22.2766)
Luminance	0.7379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E661 #6461E6

analogous

#E6A761 #E3E661 #A1E661

triadic

#E3E661 #61E3E6 #E661E3

tetradic

#E3E661 #61E6A7 #6461E6 #E661A1

square

#E3E661 #61E6A7 #6461E6 #E661A1

split-complementary

#E3E661 #61A1E6 #A761E6

monochromatic

#ADB11C #DADE2C #E3E661 #ECEE96 #F6F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E3E661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E3E661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E661

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E661	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.154 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed93',
    500: '#e3e661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e661;
$custom-light: #efed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89746,
    "c": 0.15436,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E661

secondary

#3C3AB1

accent

#11D515

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E661

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

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