#E7E162#E7E162

#E7E162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.148 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E162
RGB	rgb(231, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 57.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -13.73, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 62.96, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.042 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.148 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.0868, 71.7231, 22.1263)
Luminance	0.7172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E162 #6268E7

analogous

#E79E62 #E7E162 #ABE762

triadic

#E7E162 #62E7E1 #E162E7

tetradic

#E7E162 #62E79E #6268E7 #E762AB

square

#E7E162 #62E79E #6268E7 #E762AB

split-complementary

#E7E162 #62ABE7 #9E62E7

monochromatic

#B3AC1B #DFD72D #E7E162 #EFEB97 #F7F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E7E162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E7E162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E162

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E162	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.148 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea93',
    500: '#e7e162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e162;
$custom-light: #f1ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89039,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E162

secondary

#3A3FB4

accent

#19D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E162

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

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