#E7D855#E7D855

#E7D855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.150 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D855
RGB	rgb(231, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, -10.10, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 65.09, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% -0.0331 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.15 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.1529, 66.7589, 18.3624)
Luminance	0.6676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D855 #5564E7

analogous

#E78F55 #E7D855 #ADE755

triadic

#E7D855 #55E7D8 #D855E7

tetradic

#E7D855 #55E78F #5564E7 #E755AD

square

#E7D855 #55E78F #5564E7 #E755AD

split-complementary

#E7D855 #55ADE7 #8F55E7

monochromatic

#AA9B18 #DFCC20 #E7D855 #EFE48B #F6F1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E7D855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#E7D855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D855

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D855	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.150 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e38b',
    500: '#e7d855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d855;
$custom-light: #f2e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.836,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87052,
    "c": 0.14975,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D855

secondary

#3541AB

accent

#23D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D855

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

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