#E7DC55#E7DC55

#E7DC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.153 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DC55
RGB	rgb(231, 220, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -12.10, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 66.51, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0388 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.153 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1901, 68.8334, 18.7082)
Luminance	0.6883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DC55 #5560E7

analogous

#E79355 #E7DC55 #A9E755

triadic

#E7DC55 #55E7DC #DC55E7

tetradic

#E7DC55 #55E793 #5560E7 #E755A9

square

#E7DC55 #55E793 #5560E7 #E755A9

split-complementary

#E7DC55 #55A9E7 #9355E7

monochromatic

#AA9F18 #DFD120 #E7DC55 #EFE78B #F6F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E7DC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#E7DC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DC55

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DC55	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7dc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 220, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.153 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e68b',
    500: '#e7dc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7dc55;
$custom-light: #f2e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7dc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.479,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87878,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DC55

secondary

#353EAB

accent

#1DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DC55

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

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