#E7E451#E7E451

#E7E451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.164 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E451
RGB	rgb(231, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.48, -16.29, 69.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.48, 71.04, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0511 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.164 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.1857, 73.0717, 18.6115)
Luminance	0.7307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E451 #5154E7

analogous

#E79951 #E7E451 #9FE751

triadic

#E7E451 #51E7E4 #E451E7

tetradic

#E7E451 #51E799 #5154E7 #E7519F

square

#E7E451 #51E799 #5154E7 #E7519F

split-complementary

#E7E451 #519FE7 #9951E7

monochromatic

#A7A417 #DCD91E #E7E451 #EEEC87 #F6F5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E7E451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#E7E451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E451

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E451	1.00	1.34	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.164 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec89',
    500: '#e7e451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e451;
$custom-light: #f2ec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8951,
    "c": 0.16384,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E451

secondary

#3436A8

accent

#12D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E451

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

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