#E7E559#E7E559

#E7E559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.159 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E559
RGB	rgb(231, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -16.30, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 68.27, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0503 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.159 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.7795, 73.7506, 20.3775)
Luminance	0.7375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E559 #595BE7

analogous

#E79E59 #E7E559 #A2E759

triadic

#E7E559 #59E7E5 #E559E7

tetradic

#E7E559 #59E79E #595BE7 #E759A2

square

#E7E559 #59E79E #595BE7 #E759A2

split-complementary

#E7E559 #59A2E7 #9E59E7

monochromatic

#ADAB19 #DFDD24 #E7E559 #EFED8E #F6F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E7E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#E7E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E559

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E559	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.159 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8e',
    500: '#e7e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e559;
$custom-light: #f2ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89786,
    "c": 0.159,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E559

secondary

#3638AE

accent

#11D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E559

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

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