#E7E549#E7E549

#E7E549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.170 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E549
RGB	rgb(231, 229, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.69, -17.20, 72.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.69, 74.37, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0544 0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.17 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.1791, 73.5105, 17.2156)
Luminance	0.7351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E549 #494BE7

analogous

#E79649 #E7E549 #9AE749

triadic

#E7E549 #49E7E5 #E549E7

tetradic

#E7E549 #49E796 #494BE7 #E7499A

square

#E7E549 #49E796 #494BE7 #E7499A

split-complementary

#E7E549 #499AE7 #9649E7

monochromatic

#A09F15 #D7D41C #E7E549 #EEED7F #F5F4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E7E549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#E7E549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E549

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E549	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 229, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.170 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec85',
    500: '#e7e549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e549;
$custom-light: #f2ec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.241,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89659,
    "c": 0.17011,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E549

secondary

#3133A3

accent

#37F335

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E549

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

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