#E7E55B#E7E55B

#E7E55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.157 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E55B
RGB	rgb(231, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -16.17, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 67.46, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0497 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.157 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.8646, 73.7847, 20.8259)
Luminance	0.7378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E55B #5B5DE7

analogous

#E79F5B #E7E55B #A3E75B

triadic

#E7E55B #5BE7E5 #E55BE7

tetradic

#E7E55B #5BE79F #5B5DE7 #E75BA3

square

#E7E55B #5BE79F #5B5DE7 #E75BA3

split-complementary

#E7E55B #5BA3E7 #9F5BE7

monochromatic

#AEAC19 #DFDD26 #E7E55B #EFED90 #F7F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E7E55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E7E55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E55B

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E55B	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.157 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8f',
    500: '#e7e55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e55b;
$custom-light: #f2ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89804,
    "c": 0.15746,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E55B

secondary

#3739AF

accent

#12D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E55B

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

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