#E7E456#E7E456

#E7E456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.160 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E456
RGB	rgb(231, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.52, -16.00, 67.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.52, 69.09, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.55% -0.0497 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(89.55% 0.16 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.3802, 73.1495, 19.6356)
Luminance	0.7315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E456 #5659E7

analogous

#E79C56 #E7E456 #A1E756

triadic

#E7E456 #56E7E4 #E456E7

tetradic

#E7E456 #56E79C #5659E7 #E756A1

square

#E7E456 #56E79C #5659E7 #E756A1

split-complementary

#E7E456 #56A1E7 #9C56E7

monochromatic

#AAA718 #DFDB20 #E7E456 #EFED8C #F6F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E7E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E7E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E456

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E456	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)

#F6DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.160 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec8c',
    500: '#e7e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e456;
$custom-light: #f2ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.759,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89551,
    "c": 0.16025,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E456

secondary

#3538AC

accent

#12D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E456

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

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