#E7D956#E7D956

#E7D956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.150 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D956
RGB	rgb(231, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -10.54, 64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 65.03, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.27% -0.0343 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(87.27% 0.15 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4498, 67.2888, 18.6588)
Luminance	0.6729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D956 #5664E7

analogous

#E79156 #E7D956 #ADE756

triadic

#E7D956 #56E7D9 #D956E7

tetradic

#E7D956 #56E791 #5664E7 #E756AD

square

#E7D956 #56E791 #5664E7 #E756AD

split-complementary

#E7D956 #56ADE7 #9156E7

monochromatic

#AA9C18 #DFCD20 #E7D956 #EFE58C #F6F1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E7D956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#E7D956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D956

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D956	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.150 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e48b',
    500: '#e7d956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d956;
$custom-light: #f2e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.207,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87267,
    "c": 0.14988,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D956

secondary

#3541AC

accent

#22D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D956

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

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