#E3E962#E3E962

#E3E962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.157 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E3E962
RGBrgb(227, 233, 98)
HSLhsl(63, 75%, 65%)
HSVhsv(63, 58%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(2.6%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.62, -19.27, 63.34)
CIE-LCHlch(89.62, 66.20, 106.92°)
OKLaboklab(90.39% -0.0575 0.1458)
OKLCHoklch(90.39% 0.157 111.5)
XYZxyz(63.0237, 75.4920, 22.8044)
Luminance0.7549 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E3E962 #6862E9
analogous
#E9AC62 #E3E962 #9FE962
triadic
#E3E962 #62E3E9 #E962E3
tetradic
#E3E962 #62E9AC #6862E9 #E9629F
square
#E3E962 #62E9AC #6862E9 #E9629F
split-complementary
#E3E962 #629FE9 #AC62E9
monochromatic
#B0B71A #D9E12C #E3E962 #EDF198 #F6F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30
#E3E962 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10
#E3E962 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3E962
16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E3E962#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E3E9621.001.3016.1016.10
#FFFFFF1.301.0021.0021.00
#00000016.1021.001.001.00
##00000016.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F9DF53
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE36A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1DCCC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e3e962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.157 111.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeef93',
    500: '#e3e962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e3e962;
$custom-light: #eeef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e3e962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.667,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90388,
    "c": 0.15675,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E3E962
secondary
#3E38B7
accent
#0ED817
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF4
border
#D6D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3E962

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#E3E962 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva