#E7DD55#E7DD55

#E7DD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.154 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DD55
RGB	rgb(231, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -12.60, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 66.87, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0402 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.154 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.4534, 69.3598, 18.7959)
Luminance	0.6936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DD55 #555FE7

analogous

#E79455 #E7DD55 #A8E755

triadic

#E7DD55 #55E7DD #DD55E7

tetradic

#E7DD55 #55E794 #555FE7 #E755A8

square

#E7DD55 #55E794 #555FE7 #E755A8

split-complementary

#E7DD55 #55A8E7 #9455E7

monochromatic

#AAA018 #DFD220 #E7DD55 #EFE88B #F6F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E7DD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#E7DD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DD55

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DD55	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7dd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.154 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e78b',
    500: '#e7dd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7dd55;
$custom-light: #f2e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7dd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88085,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DD55

secondary

#353DAB

accent

#1CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DD55

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

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