#E7E172#E7E172

#E7E172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.133 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E172
RGB	rgb(231, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 50.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.00, -12.49, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.00, 55.83, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.22% -0.0368 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(89.22% 0.133 106)
XYZ	xyz(62.9191, 72.0561, 26.5102)
Luminance	0.7205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E172 #7278E7

analogous

#E7A672 #E7E172 #B3E772

triadic

#E7E172 #72E7E1 #E172E7

tetradic

#E7E172 #72E7A6 #7278E7 #E772B3

square

#E7E172 #72E7A6 #7278E7 #E772B3

split-complementary

#E7E172 #72B3E7 #A672E7

monochromatic

#BEB620 #DED63E #E7E172 #F0ECA6 #F9F7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E7E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#E7E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E172

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E172	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.133 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea9d',
    500: '#e7e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e172;
$custom-light: #f1ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89218,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.72054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E172

secondary

#4046BD

accent

#1CD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E172

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

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