#E7E472#E7E472

#E7E472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.137 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E472
RGB	rgb(231, 228, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 50.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.78, -13.98, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.78, 57.08, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.84% -0.0411 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(89.84% 0.137 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7373, 73.6923, 26.7829)
Luminance	0.7369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E472 #7275E7

analogous

#E7AA72 #E7E472 #AFE772

triadic

#E7E472 #72E7E4 #E472E7

tetradic

#E7E472 #72E7AA #7275E7 #E772AF

square

#E7E472 #72E7AA #7275E7 #E772AF

split-complementary

#E7E472 #72AFE7 #AA72E7

monochromatic

#BEBA20 #DEDA3E #E7E472 #F0EEA6 #F9F8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E7E472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#E7E472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E472

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E472	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 228, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.137 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec9d',
    500: '#e7e472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e472;
$custom-light: #f1ec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8984,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E472

secondary

#4043BD

accent

#17D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E472

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

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