#E7E166#E7E166

#E7E166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.144 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E166
RGB	rgb(231, 225, 102)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 55.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -13.44, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 61.22, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0408 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.144 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2804, 71.8006, 23.1460)
Luminance	0.7180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E166 #666CE7

analogous

#E7A066 #E7E166 #ADE766

triadic

#E7E166 #66E7E1 #E166E7

tetradic

#E7E166 #66E7A0 #666CE7 #E766AD

square

#E7E166 #66E7A0 #666CE7 #E766AD

split-complementary

#E7E166 #66ADE7 #A066E7

monochromatic

#B6AF1D #DFD731 #E7E166 #EFEB9B #F8F6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E7E166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E7E166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E166

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E166	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)

#F2D959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 225, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.144 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea96',
    500: '#e7e166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e166;
$custom-light: #f1ea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8908,
    "c": 0.1444,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E166

secondary

#3B41B6

accent

#1AD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E166

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

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