#E7DE62#E7DE62

#E7DE62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.145 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7DE62
RGB	rgb(231, 222, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -12.24, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 61.80, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0378 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.145 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.2829, 70.1153, 21.8584)
Luminance	0.7011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7DE62 #626BE7

analogous

#E79C62 #E7DE62 #AEE762

triadic

#E7DE62 #62E7DE #DE62E7

tetradic

#E7DE62 #62E79C #626BE7 #E762AE

square

#E7DE62 #62E79C #626BE7 #E762AE

split-complementary

#E7DE62 #62AEE7 #9C62E7

monochromatic

#B3A91B #DFD32D #E7DE62 #EFE997 #F7F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E7DE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#E7DE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7DE62

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7DE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7DE62	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7de62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 222, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.145 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e893',
    500: '#e7de62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7de62;
$custom-light: #f1e893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7de62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88417,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7DE62

secondary

#3A42B4

accent

#1DD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7DE62

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

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