#E7E165#E7E165

#E7E165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.145 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E165
RGB	rgb(231, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 56.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -13.52, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 61.66, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.0411 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.145 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2311, 71.7808, 22.8864)
Luminance	0.7178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E165 #656BE7

analogous

#E7A065 #E7E165 #ACE765

triadic

#E7E165 #65E7E1 #E165E7

tetradic

#E7E165 #65E7A0 #656BE7 #E765AC

square

#E7E165 #65E7A0 #656BE7 #E765AC

split-complementary

#E7E165 #65ACE7 #A065E7

monochromatic

#B5AE1C #DFD730 #E7E165 #EFEB9A #F8F6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E7E165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E7E165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E165

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E165	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.145 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea95',
    500: '#e7e165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e165;
$custom-light: #f1ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8907,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E165

secondary

#3B40B5

accent

#19D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E165

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

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