#E7E455#E7E455

#E7E455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.161 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E455
RGB	rgb(231, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.51, -16.06, 67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.51, 69.48, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.05 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.161 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.3402, 73.1335, 19.4249)
Luminance	0.7313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E455 #5558E7

analogous

#E79B55 #E7E455 #A1E755

triadic

#E7E455 #55E7E4 #E455E7

tetradic

#E7E455 #55E79B #5558E7 #E755A1

square

#E7E455 #55E79B #5558E7 #E755A1

split-complementary

#E7E455 #55A1E7 #9B55E7

monochromatic

#AAA718 #DFDB20 #E7E455 #EFED8B #F6F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E7E455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E7E455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E455

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E455	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.161 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec8b',
    500: '#e7e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e455;
$custom-light: #f2ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.767,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89543,
    "c": 0.16098,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E455

secondary

#3537AB

accent

#12D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E455

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

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