#E7D557#E7D557

#E7D557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D557
RGB	rgb(231, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -8.47, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 63.22, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0282 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4719, 65.2680, 18.5330)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D557 #5769E7

analogous

#E78D57 #E7D557 #B1E757

triadic

#E7D557 #57E7D5 #D557E7

tetradic

#E7D557 #57E78D #5769E7 #E757B1

square

#E7D557 #57E78D #5769E7 #E757B1

split-complementary

#E7D557 #57B1E7 #8D57E7

monochromatic

#AB9918 #DFC821 #E7D557 #EFE28D #F6F0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E7D557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#E7D557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D557

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D557	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)

#E7CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e18c',
    500: '#e7d557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d557;
$custom-light: #f2e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86453,
    "c": 0.14559,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D557

secondary

#3645AC

accent

#27D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D557

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

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