#E7E355#E7E355

#E7E355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.160 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E355
RGB	rgb(231, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -15.57, 67.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 69.10, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0486 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.16 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0659, 72.5849, 19.3334)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E355 #5559E7

analogous

#E79A55 #E7E355 #A2E755

triadic

#E7E355 #55E7E3 #E355E7

tetradic

#E7E355 #55E79A #5559E7 #E755A2

square

#E7E355 #55E79A #5559E7 #E755A2

split-complementary

#E7E355 #55A2E7 #9A55E7

monochromatic

#AAA618 #DFDA20 #E7E355 #EFEC8B #F6F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E7E355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E7E355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E355

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E355	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.160 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb8b',
    500: '#e7e355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e355;
$custom-light: #f2eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.356,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89334,
    "c": 0.16,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E355

secondary

#3538AB

accent

#14D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E355

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

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