#E7D156#E7D156

#E7D156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.143 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D156
RGB	rgb(231, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -6.51, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 62.29, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.0227 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.143 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4376, 63.2643, 17.9881)
Luminance	0.6326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D156 #566CE7

analogous

#E78956 #E7D156 #B4E756

triadic

#E7D156 #56E7D1 #D156E7

tetradic

#E7D156 #56E789 #566CE7 #E756B4

square

#E7D156 #56E789 #566CE7 #E756B4

split-complementary

#E7D156 #56B4E7 #8956E7

monochromatic

#AA9418 #DFC220 #E7D156 #EFE08C #F6EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E7D156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#E7D156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D156

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D156	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.143 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de8b',
    500: '#e7d156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d156;
$custom-light: #f2de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85625,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D156

secondary

#3547AC

accent

#2DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D156

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

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