#E7E656#E7E656

#E7E656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.162 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E656
RGB	rgb(231, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -16.98, 67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 69.86, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.97% -0.0525 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(89.97% 0.162 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.9336, 74.2562, 19.8200)
Luminance	0.7425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E656 #5657E7

analogous

#E79D56 #E7E656 #A0E756

triadic

#E7E656 #56E7E6 #E656E7

tetradic

#E7E656 #56E79D #5657E7 #E756A0

square

#E7E656 #56E79D #5657E7 #E756A0

split-complementary

#E7E656 #56A0E7 #9D56E7

monochromatic

#AAA918 #DFDE20 #E7E656 #EFEE8C #F6F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E7E656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E7E656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E656

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E656	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	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)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.162 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8c',
    500: '#e7e656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e656;
$custom-light: #f2ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.586,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8997,
    "c": 0.16223,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E656

secondary

#3536AC

accent

#10D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E656

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

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