#E7E357#E7E357

#E7E357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.159 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E357
RGB	rgb(231, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -15.44, 66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 68.31, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.0481 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.159 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.1465, 72.6171, 19.7578)
Luminance	0.7261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E357 #575BE7

analogous

#E79B57 #E7E357 #A3E757

triadic

#E7E357 #57E7E3 #E357E7

tetradic

#E7E357 #57E79B #575BE7 #E757A3

square

#E7E357 #57E79B #575BE7 #E757A3

split-complementary

#E7E357 #57A3E7 #9B57E7

monochromatic

#ABA718 #DFDA21 #E7E357 #EFEC8D #F6F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E7E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E7E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E357

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E357	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)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.159 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb8d',
    500: '#e7e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e357;
$custom-light: #f2eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89351,
    "c": 0.15852,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E357

secondary

#3639AC

accent

#14D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E357

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

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