#E7DE56#E7DE56

#E7DE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.154 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DE56
RGB	rgb(231, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.95, -13.04, 65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.95, 66.84, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0413 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.154 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.7582, 69.9055, 19.0949)
Luminance	0.6990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DE56 #565FE7

analogous

#E79656 #E7DE56 #A8E756

triadic

#E7DE56 #56E7DE #DE56E7

tetradic

#E7DE56 #56E796 #565FE7 #E756A8

square

#E7DE56 #56E796 #565FE7 #E756A8

split-complementary

#E7DE56 #56A8E7 #9656E7

monochromatic

#AAA118 #DFD420 #E7DE56 #EFE88C #F6F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E7DE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#E7DE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DE56

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DE56	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)

#F0D645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7de56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.154 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e88c',
    500: '#e7de56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7de56;
$custom-light: #f2e88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7de56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.276,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88302,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DE56

secondary

#353DAC

accent

#1BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DE56

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

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