#E7D459#E7D459

#E7D459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.143 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D459
RGB	rgb(231, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -7.84, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 62.03, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0262 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.143 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.3040, 64.7996, 18.8857)
Luminance	0.6480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D459 #596CE7

analogous

#E78D59 #E7D459 #B3E759

triadic

#E7D459 #59E7D4 #D459E7

tetradic

#E7D459 #59E78D #596CE7 #E759B3

square

#E7D459 #59E78D #596CE7 #E759B3

split-complementary

#E7D459 #59B3E7 #8D59E7

monochromatic

#AD9919 #DFC624 #E7D459 #EFE28E #F6F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E7D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#E7D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D459

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D459	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.143 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e08d',
    500: '#e7d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d459;
$custom-light: #f2e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86267,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D459

secondary

#3646AE

accent

#29D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D459

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

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