#E7DD56#E7DD56

#E7DD56 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	#E7DD56
RGB	rgb(231, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.69, -12.54, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.69, 66.47, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0399 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.154 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.4934, 69.3758, 19.0066)
Luminance	0.6937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DD56 #5660E7

analogous

#E79556 #E7DD56 #A9E756

triadic

#E7DD56 #56E7DD #DD56E7

tetradic

#E7DD56 #56E795 #5660E7 #E756A9

square

#E7DD56 #56E795 #5660E7 #E756A9

split-complementary

#E7DD56 #56A9E7 #9556E7

monochromatic

#AAA018 #DFD220 #E7DD56 #EFE88C #F6F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E7DD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#E7DD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DD56

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DD56	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)

#EFD645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7dd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.154 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e78c',
    500: '#e7dd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7dd56;
$custom-light: #f2e78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7dd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88094,
    "c": 0.15354,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DD56

secondary

#353EAC

accent

#1CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DD56

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

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