#E7E659#E7E659

#E7E659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.160 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E659
RGB	rgb(231, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -16.79, 66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 68.66, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0517 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.16 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0570, 74.3056, 20.4700)
Luminance	0.7430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E659 #595AE7

analogous

#E79F59 #E7E659 #A1E759

triadic

#E7E659 #59E7E6 #E659E7

tetradic

#E7E659 #59E79F #595AE7 #E759A1

square

#E7E659 #59E79F #595AE7 #E759A1

split-complementary

#E7E659 #59A1E7 #9F59E7

monochromatic

#ADAC19 #DFDE24 #E7E659 #EFEE8E #F6F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E7E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E7E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E659

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E659	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.160 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8e',
    500: '#e7e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e659;
$custom-light: #f2ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89996,
    "c": 0.16,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E659

secondary

#3637AE

accent

#10D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E659

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

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