#E7E449#E7E449

#E7E449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.169 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E449
RGB	rgb(231, 228, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.43, -16.71, 72.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.43, 74.01, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.0531 0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.169 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.9032, 72.9587, 17.1236)
Luminance	0.7296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E449 #494CE7

analogous

#E79549 #E7E449 #9BE749

triadic

#E7E449 #49E7E4 #E449E7

tetradic

#E7E449 #49E795 #494CE7 #E7499B

square

#E7E449 #49E795 #494CE7 #E7499B

split-complementary

#E7E449 #499BE7 #9549E7

monochromatic

#A09E15 #D7D31C #E7E449 #EEEC7F #F5F4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E7E449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E7E449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E449

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E449	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)

#F6DB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 228, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.169 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec85',
    500: '#e7e449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e449;
$custom-light: #f2ec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.861,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8945,
    "c": 0.16916,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E449

secondary

#3133A3

accent

#38F335

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E449

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

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