#E7E697#E7E697

#E7E697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.100 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7E697
RGB	rgb(231, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 34.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.77, -11.30, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.77, 40.29, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0302 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.1 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.8384, 75.8182, 40.3856)
Luminance	0.7582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7E697 #9798E7

analogous

#E7BE97 #E7E697 #C0E797

triadic

#E7E697 #97E7E6 #E697E7

tetradic

#E7E697 #97E7BE #9798E7 #E797C0

square

#E7E697 #97E7BE #9798E7 #E797C0

split-complementary

#E7E697 #97C0E7 #BE97E7

monochromatic

#D0CE34 #DCDA65 #E7E697 #F2F2C9 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E7E697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#E7E697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7E697

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7E697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7E697	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7e697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.100 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efedb6',
    500: '#e7e697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7e697;
$custom-light: #efedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7e697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.25,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90789,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7E697

secondary

#6162C1

accent

#1DCA1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7E697

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

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