#E7E159#E7E159

#E7E159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.155 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E159
RGB	rgb(231, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, -14.33, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 66.74, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0447 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.155 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.6855, 71.5626, 20.0129)
Luminance	0.7156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E159 #595FE7

analogous

#E79A59 #E7E159 #A6E759

triadic

#E7E159 #59E7E1 #E159E7

tetradic

#E7E159 #59E79A #595FE7 #E759A6

square

#E7E159 #59E79A #595FE7 #E759A6

split-complementary

#E7E159 #59A6E7 #9A59E7

monochromatic

#ADA619 #DFD724 #E7E159 #EFEB8E #F6F4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E7E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E7E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E159

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E159	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)

#F3D949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.155 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea8e',
    500: '#e7e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e159;
$custom-light: #f2ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88952,
    "c": 0.15506,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E159

secondary

#363BAE

accent

#17D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E159

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

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