#E7D959#E7D959

#E7D959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.148 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7D959
RGB	rgb(231, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.67, -10.35, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.67, 63.78, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0334 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.148 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.5732, 67.3382, 19.3088)
Luminance	0.6734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7D959 #5967E7

analogous

#E79259 #E7D959 #AEE759

triadic

#E7D959 #59E7D9 #D959E7

tetradic

#E7D959 #59E792 #5967E7 #E759AE

square

#E7D959 #59E792 #5967E7 #E759AE

split-complementary

#E7D959 #59AEE7 #9259E7

monochromatic

#AD9E19 #DFCD24 #E7D959 #EFE58E #F6F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E7D959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#E7D959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7D959

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7D959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7D959	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7d959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.148 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e48d',
    500: '#e7d959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7d959;
$custom-light: #f2e48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7d959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87295,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7D959

secondary

#3642AE

accent

#22D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7D959

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

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