#E7E356#E7E356

#E7E356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.159 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E356
RGB	rgb(231, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -15.51, 66.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 68.71, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0483 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.159 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.1059, 72.6009, 19.5442)
Luminance	0.7260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E356 #565AE7

analogous

#E79B56 #E7E356 #A2E756

triadic

#E7E356 #56E7E3 #E356E7

tetradic

#E7E356 #56E79B #565AE7 #E756A2

square

#E7E356 #56E79B #565AE7 #E756A2

split-complementary

#E7E356 #56A2E7 #9B56E7

monochromatic

#AAA618 #DFDA20 #E7E356 #EFEC8C #F6F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E7E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E7E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E356

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E356	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)

#F5DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.159 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb8c',
    500: '#e7e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e356;
$custom-light: #f2eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.345,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89342,
    "c": 0.15927,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E356

secondary

#3539AC

accent

#14D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E356

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

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