#E7D256#E7D256

#E7D256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D256
RGB	rgb(231, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -7.01, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 62.62, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0242 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.6837, 63.7565, 18.0701)
Luminance	0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D256 #566BE7

analogous

#E78956 #E7D256 #B4E756

triadic

#E7D256 #56E7D2 #D256E7

tetradic

#E7D256 #56E789 #566BE7 #E756B4

square

#E7D256 #56E789 #566BE7 #E756B4

split-complementary

#E7D256 #56B4E7 #8956E7

monochromatic

#AA9518 #DFC420 #E7D256 #EFE08C #F6EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E7D256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#E7D256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D256

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D256	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)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2df8b',
    500: '#e7d256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d256;
$custom-light: #f2df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85829,
    "c": 0.14384,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D256

secondary

#3547AC

accent

#2BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D256

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

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