#E7E457#E7E457

#E7E457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; 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	#E7E457
RGB	rgb(231, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.53, -15.94, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.53, 68.69, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.56% -0.0494 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(89.56% 0.16 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.4208, 73.1657, 19.8493)
Luminance	0.7316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E457 #575AE7

analogous

#E79C57 #E7E457 #A2E757

triadic

#E7E457 #57E7E4 #E457E7

tetradic

#E7E457 #57E79C #575AE7 #E757A2

square

#E7E457 #57E79C #575AE7 #E757A2

split-complementary

#E7E457 #57A2E7 #9C57E7

monochromatic

#ABA818 #DFDB21 #E7E457 #EFED8D #F6F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E7E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E7E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E457

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E457	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)

#F6DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.160 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec8d',
    500: '#e7e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e457;
$custom-light: #f2ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8956,
    "c": 0.15951,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E457

secondary

#3638AC

accent

#13D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E457

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

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