#E7E561#E7E561

#E7E561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.153 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E561
RGB	rgb(231, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -15.77, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 64.97, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0479 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.153 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.1339, 73.8924, 22.2439)
Luminance	0.7389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E561 #6163E7

analogous

#E7A261 #E7E561 #A6E761

triadic

#E7E561 #61E7E5 #E561E7

tetradic

#E7E561 #61E7A2 #6163E7 #E761A6

square

#E7E561 #61E7A2 #6163E7 #E761A6

split-complementary

#E7E561 #61A6E7 #A261E7

monochromatic

#B2B01B #DFDC2C #E7E561 #EFEE96 #F7F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E7E561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E7E561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E561

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E561	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.153 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ed93',
    500: '#e7e561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e561;
$custom-light: #f1ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89861,
    "c": 0.15267,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E561

secondary

#393BB3

accent

#13D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E561

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

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