#E7E16A#E7E16A

#E7E16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.141 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E16A
RGB	rgb(231, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 54.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.91, -13.14, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.91, 59.45, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0395 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.141 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.4835, 71.8818, 24.2160)
Luminance	0.7188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E16A #6A70E7

analogous

#E7A26A #E7E16A #AEE76A

triadic

#E7E16A #6AE7E1 #E16AE7

tetradic

#E7E16A #6AE7A2 #6A70E7 #E76AAE

square

#E7E16A #6AE7A2 #6A70E7 #E76AAE

split-complementary

#E7E16A #6AAEE7 #A26AE7

monochromatic

#B9B11E #DFD635 #E7E16A #EFEC9F #F8F6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E7E16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E7E16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E16A

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E16A	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.141 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea98',
    500: '#e7e16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e16a;
$custom-light: #f1ea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89124,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E16A

secondary

#3D43B9

accent

#1BD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E16A

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

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