#E7D85E#E7D85E

#E7D85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.143 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D85E
RGB	rgb(231, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, -9.52, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 61.29, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0305 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.143 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.5334, 66.9111, 20.3667)
Luminance	0.6691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D85E #5E6DE7

analogous

#E7935E #E7D85E #B1E75E

triadic

#E7D85E #5EE7D8 #D85EE7

tetradic

#E7D85E #5EE793 #5E6DE7 #E75EB1

square

#E7D85E #5EE793 #5E6DE7 #E75EB1

split-complementary

#E7D85E #5EB1E7 #935EE7

monochromatic

#B0A01A #DFCB29 #E7D85E #EFE593 #F7F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E7D85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#E7D85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D85E

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D85E	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.143 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e390',
    500: '#e7d85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d85e;
$custom-light: #f2e390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87138,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D85E

secondary

#3845B1

accent

#25D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D85E

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

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