#E7E157#E7E157

#E7E157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.157 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E157
RGB	rgb(231, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -14.46, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 67.55, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0453 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.157 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.6026, 71.5295, 19.5766)
Luminance	0.7153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E157 #575DE7

analogous

#E79957 #E7E157 #A5E757

triadic

#E7E157 #57E7E1 #E157E7

tetradic

#E7E157 #57E799 #575DE7 #E757A5

square

#E7E157 #57E799 #575DE7 #E757A5

split-complementary

#E7E157 #57A5E7 #9957E7

monochromatic

#ABA518 #DFD721 #E7E157 #EFEB8D #F6F4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E7E157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E7E157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E157

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E157	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.157 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea8c',
    500: '#e7e157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e157;
$custom-light: #f2ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88934,
    "c": 0.15658,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E157

secondary

#363BAC

accent

#17D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E157

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

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