#E7E462#E7E462

#E7E462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.151 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E462
RGB	rgb(231, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 57.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -15.21, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 64.14, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0462 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.151 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.9049, 73.3594, 22.3991)
Luminance	0.7336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E462 #6265E7

analogous

#E7A262 #E7E462 #A7E762

triadic

#E7E462 #62E7E4 #E462E7

tetradic

#E7E462 #62E7A2 #6265E7 #E762A7

square

#E7E462 #62E7A2 #6265E7 #E762A7

split-complementary

#E7E462 #62A7E7 #A262E7

monochromatic

#B3B01B #DFDB2D #E7E462 #EFED97 #F7F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E7E462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E7E462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E462

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E462	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.151 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec93',
    500: '#e7e462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e462;
$custom-light: #f1ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89663,
    "c": 0.15082,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E462

secondary

#3A3CB4

accent

#14D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E462

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

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