#E7E055#E7E055

#E7E055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.157 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E055
RGB	rgb(231, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -14.09, 66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 67.98, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.71% -0.0444 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(88.71% 0.157 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.2525, 70.9581, 19.0623)
Luminance	0.7096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E055 #555CE7

analogous

#E79755 #E7E055 #A5E755

triadic

#E7E055 #55E7E0 #E055E7

tetradic

#E7E055 #55E797 #555CE7 #E755A5

square

#E7E055 #55E797 #555CE7 #E755A5

split-complementary

#E7E055 #55A5E7 #9755E7

monochromatic

#AAA318 #DFD620 #E7E055 #EFEA8B #F6F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E7E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#E7E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E055

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E055	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.157 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e98b',
    500: '#e7e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e055;
$custom-light: #f2e98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.123,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88709,
    "c": 0.15711,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E055

secondary

#353BAB

accent

#18D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E055

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

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