#E7E253#E7E253

#E7E253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.160 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E253
RGB	rgb(231, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 64.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -15.19, 67.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 69.52, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.0478 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.16 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.7148, 72.0081, 18.8300)
Luminance	0.7201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E253 #5358E7

analogous

#E79853 #E7E253 #A2E753

triadic

#E7E253 #53E7E2 #E253E7

tetradic

#E7E253 #53E798 #5358E7 #E753A2

square

#E7E253 #53E798 #5358E7 #E753A2

split-complementary

#E7E253 #53A2E7 #9853E7

monochromatic

#A8A317 #DED71F #E7E253 #EEEB89 #F6F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E7E253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E7E253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E253

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E253	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)

#F4DA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.160 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea8a',
    500: '#e7e253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e253;
$custom-light: #f2ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.973,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89108,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E253

secondary

#3438AA

accent

#15D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E253

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

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