#E7E056#E7E056

#E7E056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.156 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E056
RGB	rgb(231, 224, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.47, -14.03, 66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.47, 67.58, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.72% -0.0441 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(88.72% 0.156 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.2925, 70.9741, 19.2730)
Luminance	0.7097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E056 #565DE7

analogous

#E79756 #E7E056 #A6E756

triadic

#E7E056 #56E7E0 #E056E7

tetradic

#E7E056 #56E797 #565DE7 #E756A6

square

#E7E056 #56E797 #565DE7 #E756A6

split-complementary

#E7E056 #56A6E7 #9756E7

monochromatic

#AAA318 #DFD620 #E7E056 #EFEA8C #F6F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E7E056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#E7E056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E056

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E056	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)

#F2D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 224, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.156 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e98c',
    500: '#e7e056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e056;
$custom-light: #f2e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.103,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88717,
    "c": 0.15637,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E056

secondary

#353BAC

accent

#18D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E056

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

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