#E7DD51#E7DD51

#E7DD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.157 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DD51
RGB	rgb(231, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.65, -12.83, 67.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.65, 68.47, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0413 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.157 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.2989, 69.2981, 17.9826)
Luminance	0.6930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DD51 #515BE7

analogous

#E79251 #E7DD51 #A6E751

triadic

#E7DD51 #51E7DD #DD51E7

tetradic

#E7DD51 #51E792 #515BE7 #E751A6

square

#E7DD51 #51E792 #515BE7 #E751A6

split-complementary

#E7DD51 #51A6E7 #9251E7

monochromatic

#A79D17 #DCD01E #E7DD51 #EEE887 #F6F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E7DD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#E7DD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DD51

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DD51	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7dd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.157 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e789',
    500: '#e7dd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7dd51;
$custom-light: #f2e789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7dd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88051,
    "c": 0.15721,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DD51

secondary

#343BA8

accent

#1BD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DD51

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

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