#E7E169#E7E169

#E7E169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.142 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E169
RGB	rgb(231, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 54.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.90, -13.22, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.90, 59.90, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.0398 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.142 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.4318, 71.8611, 23.9438)
Luminance	0.7186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E169 #696FE7

analogous

#E7A269 #E7E169 #AEE769

triadic

#E7E169 #69E7E1 #E169E7

tetradic

#E7E169 #69E7A2 #696FE7 #E769AE

square

#E7E169 #69E7A2 #696FE7 #E769AE

split-complementary

#E7E169 #69AEE7 #A269E7

monochromatic

#B8B11D #DFD634 #E7E169 #EFEC9E #F8F6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E7E169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E7E169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E169

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E169	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.142 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea97',
    500: '#e7e169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e169;
$custom-light: #f1ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89113,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E169

secondary

#3C42B8

accent

#1AD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E169

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

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