#E7E551#E7E551

#E7E551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.165 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E551
RGB	rgb(231, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -16.78, 69.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 71.41, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0524 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.165 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.4616, 73.6235, 18.7035)
Luminance	0.7362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E551 #5153E7

analogous

#E79A51 #E7E551 #9EE751

triadic

#E7E551 #51E7E5 #E551E7

tetradic

#E7E551 #51E79A #5153E7 #E7519E

square

#E7E551 #51E79A #5153E7 #E7519E

split-complementary

#E7E551 #519EE7 #9A51E7

monochromatic

#A7A517 #DCDA1E #E7E551 #EEED87 #F6F5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E7E551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E7E551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E551

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E551	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.165 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed89',
    500: '#e7e551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e551;
$custom-light: #f2ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89719,
    "c": 0.16482,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E551

secondary

#3435A8

accent

#10D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E551

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

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