#E7E655#E7E655

#E7E655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.163 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E655
RGB	rgb(231, 230, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -17.04, 68.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 70.25, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0528 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.163 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.8936, 74.2402, 19.6093)
Luminance	0.7424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E655 #5556E7

analogous

#E79D55 #E7E655 #9FE755

triadic

#E7E655 #55E7E6 #E655E7

tetradic

#E7E655 #55E79D #5556E7 #E7559F

square

#E7E655 #55E79D #5556E7 #E7559F

split-complementary

#E7E655 #559FE7 #9D55E7

monochromatic

#AAA918 #DFDE20 #E7E655 #EFEE8B #F6F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E7E655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E7E655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E655

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E655	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 230, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.163 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8c',
    500: '#e7e655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e655;
$custom-light: #f2ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.589,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89961,
    "c": 0.16296,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E655

secondary

#3536AB

accent

#0FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E655

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

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