#E3E862#E3E862

#E3E862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.156 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3E862
RGB	rgb(227, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.36, -18.78, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.36, 65.78, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0561 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.156 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.7414, 74.9274, 22.7103)
Luminance	0.7493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3E862 #6762E8

analogous

#E8AA62 #E3E862 #A0E862

triadic

#E3E862 #62E3E8 #E862E3

tetradic

#E3E862 #62E8AA #6762E8 #E862A0

square

#E3E862 #62E8AA #6762E8 #E862A0

split-complementary

#E3E862 #62A0E8 #AA62E8

monochromatic

#AFB51B #D9E02D #E3E862 #EDF097 #F6F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E3E862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E3E862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E862

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3E862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3E862	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3e862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.156 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef93',
    500: '#e3e862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3e862;
$custom-light: #eeef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3e862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.239,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90177,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3E862

secondary

#3E39B5

accent

#0FD716

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E862

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

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