#E7E555#E7E555

#E7E555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.162 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E555
RGB	rgb(231, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -16.55, 67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 69.87, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0514 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.162 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.6161, 73.6853, 19.5168)
Luminance	0.7368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E555 #5557E7

analogous

#E79C55 #E7E555 #A0E755

triadic

#E7E555 #55E7E5 #E555E7

tetradic

#E7E555 #55E79C #5557E7 #E755A0

square

#E7E555 #55E79C #5557E7 #E755A0

split-complementary

#E7E555 #55A0E7 #9C55E7

monochromatic

#AAA818 #DFDD20 #E7E555 #EFED8B #F6F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E7E555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#E7E555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E555

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E555	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)

#F7DC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.162 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8c',
    500: '#e7e555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e555;
$custom-light: #f2ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89752,
    "c": 0.16197,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E555

secondary

#3537AB

accent

#11D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E555

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

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