#E7E459#E7E459

#E7E459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.158 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E459
RGB	rgb(231, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.54, -15.81, 66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.54, 67.88, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0489 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.158 108)
XYZ	xyz(62.5036, 73.1989, 20.2856)
Luminance	0.7320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E459 #595CE7

analogous

#E79D59 #E7E459 #A3E759

triadic

#E7E459 #59E7E4 #E459E7

tetradic

#E7E459 #59E79D #595CE7 #E759A3

square

#E7E459 #59E79D #595CE7 #E759A3

split-complementary

#E7E459 #59A3E7 #9D59E7

monochromatic

#ADAA19 #DFDB24 #E7E459 #EFED8E #F6F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E7E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#E7E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E459

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E459	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.158 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec8e',
    500: '#e7e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e459;
$custom-light: #f2ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.732,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89577,
    "c": 0.158,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.73197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E459

secondary

#3639AE

accent

#13D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E459

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

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