#E7E281#E7E281

#E7E281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.120 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E281
RGB	rgb(231, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 44.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.43, -11.63, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.43, 49.21, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.0329 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.12 106)
XYZ	xyz(64.1151, 72.9683, 31.4715)
Luminance	0.7297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E281 #8186E7

analogous

#E7AF81 #E7E281 #B9E781

triadic

#E7E281 #81E7E2 #E281E7

tetradic

#E7E281 #81E7AF #8186E7 #E781B9

square

#E7E281 #81E7AF #8186E7 #E781B9

split-complementary

#E7E281 #81B9E7 #AF81E7

monochromatic

#C8C026 #DDD64E #E7E281 #F1EEB4 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E7E281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E7E281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E281

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E281	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.120 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eba7',
    500: '#e7e281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e281;
$custom-light: #f0eba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89623,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.72967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E281

secondary

#4D52C0

accent

#1FD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E281

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

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