#E7E252#E7E252

#E7E252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.161 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E252
RGB	rgb(231, 226, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 64.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -15.25, 68.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 69.91, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.048 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.161 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.6765, 71.9928, 18.6281)
Luminance	0.7199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E252 #5257E7

analogous

#E79852 #E7E252 #A2E752

triadic

#E7E252 #52E7E2 #E252E7

tetradic

#E7E252 #52E798 #5257E7 #E752A2

square

#E7E252 #52E798 #5257E7 #E752A2

split-complementary

#E7E252 #52A2E7 #9852E7

monochromatic

#A7A317 #DDD71F #E7E252 #EEEB88 #F6F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E7E252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E7E252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E252

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E252	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)

#F4DA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 226, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.161 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea8a',
    500: '#e7e252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e252;
$custom-light: #f2ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.987,
    "s": 75.635,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.891,
    "c": 0.1612,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E252

secondary

#3438A9

accent

#14D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E252

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

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