#E7E251#E7E251

#E7E251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.162 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E251
RGB	rgb(231, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -15.31, 68.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 70.29, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.0483 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.162 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.6387, 71.9777, 18.4292)
Luminance	0.7198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E251 #5156E7

analogous

#E79751 #E7E251 #A1E751

triadic

#E7E251 #51E7E2 #E251E7

tetradic

#E7E251 #51E797 #5156E7 #E751A1

square

#E7E251 #51E797 #5156E7 #E751A1

split-complementary

#E7E251 #51A1E7 #9751E7

monochromatic

#A7A217 #DCD61E #E7E251 #EEEB87 #F6F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E7E251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E7E251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E251

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E251	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.162 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea89',
    500: '#e7e251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e251;
$custom-light: #f2ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89092,
    "c": 0.16191,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E251

secondary

#3438A8

accent

#14D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E251

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

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