#E7DD5B#E7DD5B

#E7DD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.150 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DD5B
RGB	rgb(231, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 60.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -12.22, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 64.40, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0385 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.15 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.7019, 69.4593, 20.1050)
Luminance	0.6946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DD5B #5B65E7

analogous

#E7975B #E7DD5B #ABE75B

triadic

#E7DD5B #5BE7DD #DD5BE7

tetradic

#E7DD5B #5BE797 #5B65E7 #E75BAB

square

#E7DD5B #5BE797 #5B65E7 #E75BAB

split-complementary

#E7DD5B #5BABE7 #975BE7

monochromatic

#AEA419 #DFD226 #E7DD5B #EFE890 #F7F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E7DD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#E7DD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DD5B

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DD5B	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7dd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.150 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e78e',
    500: '#e7dd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7dd5b;
$custom-light: #f2e78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7dd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8814,
    "c": 0.14966,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DD5B

secondary

#3740AF

accent

#1DD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DD5B

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

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