#E7E16D#E7E16D

#E7E16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.138 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E16D
RGB	rgb(231, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 52.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -12.90, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 58.11, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0385 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.138 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.6423, 71.9453, 25.0521)
Luminance	0.7194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E16D #6D73E7

analogous

#E7A46D #E7E16D #B0E76D

triadic

#E7E16D #6DE7E1 #E16DE7

tetradic

#E7E16D #6DE7A4 #6D73E7 #E76DB0

square

#E7E16D #6DE7A4 #6D73E7 #E76DB0

split-complementary

#E7E16D #6DB0E7 #A46DE7

monochromatic

#BBB31F #DED638 #E7E16D #F0ECA2 #F8F7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E7E16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E7E16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E16D

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E16D	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.138 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea9a',
    500: '#e7e16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e16d;
$custom-light: #f1ea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89158,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E16D

secondary

#3E44BA

accent

#1BD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E16D

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

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