#E7D255#E7D255

#E7D255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.145 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D255
RGB	rgb(231, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.83, -7.08, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.83, 63.04, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0245 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.145 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.6437, 63.7405, 17.8594)
Luminance	0.6374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D255 #556AE7

analogous

#E78955 #E7D255 #B3E755

triadic

#E7D255 #55E7D2 #D255E7

tetradic

#E7D255 #55E789 #556AE7 #E755B3

square

#E7D255 #55E789 #556AE7 #E755B3

split-complementary

#E7D255 #55B3E7 #8955E7

monochromatic

#AA9518 #DFC420 #E7D255 #EFE08B #F6EEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E7D255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#E7D255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D255

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D255	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.145 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2df8a',
    500: '#e7d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d255;
$custom-light: #f2df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.37,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8582,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D255

secondary

#3546AB

accent

#2BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D255

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

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