#E7E178#E7E178

#E7E178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.128 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E178
RGB	rgb(231, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 48.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -11.97, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 53.05, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0347 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.128 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2719, 72.1972, 28.3681)
Luminance	0.7219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E178 #787EE7

analogous

#E7AA78 #E7E178 #B6E778

triadic

#E7E178 #78E7E1 #E178E7

tetradic

#E7E178 #78E7AA #787EE7 #E778B6

square

#E7E178 #78E7AA #787EE7 #E778B6

split-complementary

#E7E178 #78B6E7 #AA78E7

monochromatic

#C2B923 #DED544 #E7E178 #F0EDAC #F9F8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E7E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E7E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E178

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E178	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.128 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eaa1',
    500: '#e7e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e178;
$custom-light: #f1eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89294,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E178

secondary

#444BBF

accent

#1ED214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E178

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

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