#E7DE4E#E7DE4E

#E7DE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.160 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DE4E
RGB	rgb(231, 222, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 66.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.89, -13.50, 68.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.89, 69.99, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0435 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.16 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.4537, 69.7837, 17.4914)
Luminance	0.6978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DE4E #4E57E7

analogous

#E7924E #E7DE4E #A3E74E

triadic

#E7DE4E #4EE7DE #DE4EE7

tetradic

#E7DE4E #4EE792 #4E57E7 #E74EA3

square

#E7DE4E #4EE792 #4E57E7 #E74EA3

split-complementary

#E7DE4E #4EA3E7 #924EE7

monochromatic

#A49C16 #DACF1E #E7DE4E #EEE884 #F6F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E7DE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#E7DE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DE4E

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DE4E	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7de4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 222, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.160 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e887',
    500: '#e7de4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7de4e;
$custom-light: #f2e887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7de4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88235,
    "c": 0.16023,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DE4E

secondary

#333AA6

accent

#19D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DE4E

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

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