#E7DD5D#E7DD5D

#E7DD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.148 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DD5D
RGB	rgb(231, 221, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 59.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.75, -12.09, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.75, 63.56, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.0379 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.148 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.7893, 69.4942, 20.5654)
Luminance	0.6949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DD5D #5D67E7

analogous

#E7985D #E7DD5D #ACE75D

triadic

#E7DD5D #5DE7DD #DD5DE7

tetradic

#E7DD5D #5DE798 #5D67E7 #E75DAC

square

#E7DD5D #5DE798 #5D67E7 #E75DAC

split-complementary

#E7DD5D #5DACE7 #985DE7

monochromatic

#B0A51A #DFD228 #E7DD5D #EFE892 #F7F3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E7DD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#E7DD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DD5D

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DD5D	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7dd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.148 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e790',
    500: '#e7dd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7dd5d;
$custom-light: #f2e790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7dd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88159,
    "c": 0.14805,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DD5D

secondary

#3841B0

accent

#1ED60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DD5D

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

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