#E7D856#E7D856

#E7D856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.149 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D856
RGB	rgb(231, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -10.04, 63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 64.68, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0328 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.149 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.1929, 66.7749, 18.5731)
Luminance	0.6677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D856 #5665E7

analogous

#E79056 #E7D856 #AEE756

triadic

#E7D856 #56E7D8 #D856E7

tetradic

#E7D856 #56E790 #5665E7 #E756AE

square

#E7D856 #56E790 #5665E7 #E756AE

split-complementary

#E7D856 #56AEE7 #9056E7

monochromatic

#AA9B18 #DFCC20 #E7D856 #EFE48C #F6F1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E7D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#E7D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D856

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D856	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)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.149 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e38b',
    500: '#e7d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d856;
$custom-light: #f2e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87061,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D856

secondary

#3542AC

accent

#23D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D856

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

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