#E7E460#E7E460
#E7E460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.152 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E7E460 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 228, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 58.4%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.60, -15.35, 63.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.60, 64.99, 103.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.64% -0.0468 0.1451) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.64% 0.152 107.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.8116, 73.3221, 21.9079) |
| Luminance | 0.7332 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 3.35
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.93
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 4.04
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.15
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.97
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 5.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E7E460 #6063E7
analogous
#E7A160 #E7E460 #A7E760
triadic
#E7E460 #60E7E4 #E460E7
tetradic
#E7E460 #60E7A1 #6063E7 #E760A7
square
#E7E460 #60E7A1 #6063E7 #E760A7
split-complementary
#E7E460 #60A7E7 #A160E7
monochromatic
#B2AE1B #DFDB2B #E7E460 #EFED95 #F7F6CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.34
#E7E460 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.66
#E7E460 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E7E460
15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E7E460 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E7E460 | 1.00 | 1.34 | 15.66 | 15.66 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DC51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E168
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6D7C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e7e460; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 228, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.152 107.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ec92',
500: '#e7e460',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e7e460; $custom-light: #f1ec92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e7e460",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 228,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.667,
"s": 73.77,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89643,
"c": 0.15248,
"h": 107.9
},
"luminance": 0.7332
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E7E460
secondary
#393CB2
accent
#14D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F