#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
RGB	rgb(227, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.62, -19.27, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.62, 66.20, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.39% -0.0575 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(90.39% 0.157 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.0237, 75.4920, 22.8044)
Luminance	0.7549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E3E962	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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