#E7D157#E7D157

#E7D157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.142 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D157
RGB	rgb(231, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -6.44, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 61.87, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.64% -0.0225 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.64% 0.142 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.4781, 63.2805, 18.2017)
Luminance	0.6328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D157 #576DE7

analogous

#E78957 #E7D157 #B5E757

triadic

#E7D157 #57E7D1 #D157E7

tetradic

#E7D157 #57E789 #576DE7 #E757B5

square

#E7D157 #57E789 #576DE7 #E757B5

split-complementary

#E7D157 #57B5E7 #8957E7

monochromatic

#AB9518 #DFC221 #E7D157 #EFE08D #F6EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E7D157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#E7D157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D157

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D157	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.142 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de8b',
    500: '#e7d157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d157;
$custom-light: #f2de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85635,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D157

secondary

#3648AC

accent

#2DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D157

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

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