#E7E557#E7E557

#E7E557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.161 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E557
RGB	rgb(231, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.79, -16.43, 67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.79, 69.07, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.0508 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.161 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.6966, 73.7175, 19.9412)
Luminance	0.7372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E557 #5759E7

analogous

#E79D57 #E7E557 #A1E757

triadic

#E7E557 #57E7E5 #E557E7

tetradic

#E7E557 #57E79D #5759E7 #E757A1

square

#E7E557 #57E79D #5759E7 #E757A1

split-complementary

#E7E557 #57A1E7 #9D57E7

monochromatic

#ABA918 #DFDD21 #E7E557 #EFED8D #F6F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E7E557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#E7E557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E557

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E557	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)

#F7DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.161 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8d',
    500: '#e7e557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e557;
$custom-light: #f2ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89769,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E557

secondary

#3637AC

accent

#11D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E557

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

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