#E7DE55#E7DE55

#E7DE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.155 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DE55
RGB	rgb(231, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.94, -13.10, 65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.94, 67.24, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0416 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.155 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.7182, 69.8895, 18.8842)
Luminance	0.6989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DE55 #555EE7

analogous

#E79555 #E7DE55 #A7E755

triadic

#E7DE55 #55E7DE #DE55E7

tetradic

#E7DE55 #55E795 #555EE7 #E755A7

square

#E7DE55 #55E795 #555EE7 #E755A7

split-complementary

#E7DE55 #55A7E7 #9555E7

monochromatic

#AAA118 #DFD320 #E7DE55 #EFE88B #F6F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E7DE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#E7DE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DE55

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DE55	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7de55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.155 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e88b',
    500: '#e7de55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7de55;
$custom-light: #f2e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7de55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88293,
    "c": 0.15522,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DE55

secondary

#353CAB

accent

#1AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DE55

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

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