#E7D955#E7D955

#E7D955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.151 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D955
RGB	rgb(231, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -10.60, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 65.44, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0345 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.151 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.4098, 67.2728, 18.4481)
Luminance	0.6727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D955 #5563E7

analogous

#E79055 #E7D955 #ACE755

triadic

#E7D955 #55E7D9 #D955E7

tetradic

#E7D955 #55E790 #5563E7 #E755AC

square

#E7D955 #55E790 #5563E7 #E755AC

split-complementary

#E7D955 #55ACE7 #9055E7

monochromatic

#AA9C18 #DFCD20 #E7D955 #EFE58B #F6F1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E7D955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#E7D955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D955

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D955	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.151 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e48b',
    500: '#e7d955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d955;
$custom-light: #f2e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.247,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87258,
    "c": 0.15064,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D955

secondary

#3540AB

accent

#21D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D955

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

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