#E7DD5E#E7DD5E

#E7DD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.147 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DD5E
RGB	rgb(231, 221, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 59.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.76, -12.02, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.76, 63.14, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0376 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.147 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.8339, 69.5121, 20.8002)
Luminance	0.6951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DD5E #5E68E7

analogous

#E7985E #E7DD5E #ACE75E

triadic

#E7DD5E #5EE7DD #DD5EE7

tetradic

#E7DD5E #5EE798 #5E68E7 #E75EAC

square

#E7DD5E #5EE798 #5E68E7 #E75EAC

split-complementary

#E7DD5E #5EACE7 #985EE7

monochromatic

#B0A51A #DFD229 #E7DD5E #EFE893 #F7F3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E7DD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#E7DD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DD5E

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DD5E	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)

#EFD650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7dd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 221, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.147 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e790',
    500: '#e7dd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7dd5e;
$custom-light: #f1e790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7dd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88169,
    "c": 0.14724,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DD5E

secondary

#3841B1

accent

#1ED60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DD5E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →