#E7E259#E7E259

#E7E259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.156 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E259
RGB	rgb(231, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.02, -14.83, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.02, 67.12, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0461 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.156 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.9566, 72.1048, 20.1032)
Luminance	0.7210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E259 #595EE7

analogous

#E79B59 #E7E259 #A5E759

triadic

#E7E259 #59E7E2 #E259E7

tetradic

#E7E259 #59E79B #595EE7 #E759A5

square

#E7E259 #59E79B #595EE7 #E759A5

split-complementary

#E7E259 #59A5E7 #9B59E7

monochromatic

#ADA719 #DFD924 #E7E259 #EFEB8E #F6F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E7E259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E7E259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E259

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E259	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.156 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea8e',
    500: '#e7e259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e259;
$custom-light: #f2ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.887,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8916,
    "c": 0.15603,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E259

secondary

#363BAE

accent

#16D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E259

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

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