#E7E255#E7E255

#E7E255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.159 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E255
RGB	rgb(231, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.99, -15.07, 67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.99, 68.73, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0472 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.159 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.7932, 72.0395, 19.2425)
Luminance	0.7204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E255 #555AE7

analogous

#E79955 #E7E255 #A3E755

triadic

#E7E255 #55E7E2 #E255E7

tetradic

#E7E255 #55E799 #555AE7 #E755A3

square

#E7E255 #55E799 #555AE7 #E755A3

split-complementary

#E7E255 #55A3E7 #9955E7

monochromatic

#AAA518 #DFD920 #E7E255 #EFEB8B #F6F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E7E255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#E7E255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E255

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E255	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)

#F4DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.159 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea8b',
    500: '#e7e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e255;
$custom-light: #f2ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.945,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89125,
    "c": 0.15903,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E255

secondary

#3539AB

accent

#15D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E255

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

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