#E7E151#E7E151

#E7E151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.161 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E151
RGB	rgb(231, 225, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.70, -14.81, 68.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.70, 69.92, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.0469 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.161 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.3676, 71.4355, 18.3388)
Luminance	0.7143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E151 #5157E7

analogous

#E79651 #E7E151 #A2E751

triadic

#E7E151 #51E7E1 #E151E7

tetradic

#E7E151 #51E796 #5157E7 #E751A2

square

#E7E151 #51E796 #5157E7 #E751A2

split-complementary

#E7E151 #51A2E7 #9651E7

monochromatic

#A7A117 #DCD51E #E7E151 #EEEA87 #F6F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E7E151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#E7E151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E151

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E151	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 225, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.161 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea89',
    500: '#e7e151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e151;
$custom-light: #f2ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88883,
    "c": 0.16095,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E151

secondary

#3438A8

accent

#16D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E151

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

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