#E7DC59#E7DC59

#E7DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.150 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DC59
RGB	rgb(231, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.45, -11.85, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.45, 64.87, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0377 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.15 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.3535, 68.8987, 19.5689)
Luminance	0.6890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DC59 #5964E7

analogous

#E79559 #E7DC59 #ABE759

triadic

#E7DC59 #59E7DC #DC59E7

tetradic

#E7DC59 #59E795 #5964E7 #E759AB

square

#E7DC59 #59E795 #5964E7 #E759AB

split-complementary

#E7DC59 #59ABE7 #9559E7

monochromatic

#ADA119 #DFD124 #E7DC59 #EFE78E #F6F3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E7DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#E7DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DC59

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DC59	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.150 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e68d',
    500: '#e7dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7dc59;
$custom-light: #f2e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.352,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87914,
    "c": 0.1503,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DC59

secondary

#3640AE

accent

#1ED70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DC59

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

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