#E7D556#E7D556

#E7D556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D556
RGB	rgb(231, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -8.53, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 63.63, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.0285 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4313, 65.2517, 18.3193)
Luminance	0.6525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D556 #5668E7

analogous

#E78D56 #E7D556 #B0E756

triadic

#E7D556 #56E7D5 #D556E7

tetradic

#E7D556 #56E78D #5668E7 #E756B0

square

#E7D556 #56E78D #5668E7 #E756B0

split-complementary

#E7D556 #56B0E7 #8D56E7

monochromatic

#AA9818 #DFC820 #E7D556 #EFE28C #F6F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E7D556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#E7D556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D556

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D556	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e18b',
    500: '#e7d556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d556;
$custom-light: #f2e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.552,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86444,
    "c": 0.14637,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D556

secondary

#3544AC

accent

#27D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D556

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

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