#E7D656#E7D656

#E7D656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.147 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D656
RGB	rgb(231, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.87, -9.04, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.87, 63.98, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.03 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.147 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.6836, 65.7563, 18.4034)
Luminance	0.6575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D656 #5667E7

analogous

#E78E56 #E7D656 #AFE756

triadic

#E7D656 #56E7D6 #D656E7

tetradic

#E7D656 #56E78E #5667E7 #E756AF

square

#E7D656 #56E78E #5667E7 #E756AF

split-complementary

#E7D656 #56AFE7 #8E56E7

monochromatic

#AA9918 #DFC920 #E7D656 #EFE38C #F6F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E7D656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#E7D656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D656

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D656	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.147 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e28b',
    500: '#e7d656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d656;
$custom-light: #f2e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86649,
    "c": 0.14723,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D656

secondary

#3543AC

accent

#26D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D656

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

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