#E7E261#E7E261

#E7E261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.150 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E261
RGB	rgb(231, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -14.30, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 63.78, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0437 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.15 107)
XYZ	xyz(62.3110, 72.2466, 21.9696)
Luminance	0.7225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E261 #6166E7

analogous

#E79F61 #E7E261 #A9E761

triadic

#E7E261 #61E7E2 #E261E7

tetradic

#E7E261 #61E79F #6166E7 #E761A9

square

#E7E261 #61E79F #6166E7 #E761A9

split-complementary

#E7E261 #61A9E7 #9F61E7

monochromatic

#B2AD1B #DFD82C #E7E261 #EFEC96 #F7F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E7E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E7E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E261

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E261	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.150 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ea92',
    500: '#e7e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e261;
$custom-light: #f1ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89236,
    "c": 0.14965,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.72245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E261

secondary

#393EB3

accent

#17D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E261

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

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