#E7E16C#E7E16C

#E7E16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.139 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E16C
RGB	rgb(231, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 53.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -12.98, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 58.56, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0388 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.139 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.5888, 71.9239, 24.7702)
Luminance	0.7192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E16C #6C72E7

analogous

#E7A46C #E7E16C #B0E76C

triadic

#E7E16C #6CE7E1 #E16CE7

tetradic

#E7E16C #6CE7A4 #6C72E7 #E76CB0

square

#E7E16C #6CE7A4 #6C72E7 #E76CB0

split-complementary

#E7E16C #6CB0E7 #A46CE7

monochromatic

#BAB31E #DED637 #E7E16C #F0ECA1 #F8F6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E7E16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E7E16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E16C

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E16C	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)

#F1DA61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.139 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea99',
    500: '#e7e16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e16c;
$custom-light: #f1ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89147,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E16C

secondary

#3D43BA

accent

#1BD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E16C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →