#E7E55E#E7E55E

#E7E55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.155 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E55E
RGB	rgb(231, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -15.98, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 66.22, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.0488 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.155 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.9966, 73.8375, 21.5211)
Luminance	0.7384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E55E #5E60E7

analogous

#E7A05E #E7E55E #A4E75E

triadic

#E7E55E #5EE7E5 #E55EE7

tetradic

#E7E55E #5EE7A0 #5E60E7 #E75EA4

square

#E7E55E #5EE7A0 #5E60E7 #E75EA4

split-complementary

#E7E55E #5EA4E7 #A05EE7

monochromatic

#B0AE1A #DFDC29 #E7E55E #EFEE93 #F7F6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E7E55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E7E55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E55E

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E55E	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.155 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed91',
    500: '#e7e55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e55e;
$custom-light: #f2ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89832,
    "c": 0.1551,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E55E

secondary

#383AB1

accent

#12D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E55E

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

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